Abstract
Background: Psychodrama is an experiential group psychotherapy that is used to enhance adolescents’ wellbeing. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the adaptation of this method to an online setting Objective: This qualitative study investigated whether and how tele-psychodrama provides psychological support to adolescents, in order to better understand its strengths and weaknesses Participants: 14 adolescents from Northern and Central Italy Method: 14 interviews were conducted at the end of group tele-psychodrama treatment and were analysed with qualitative thematic analysis Results: Three themes were identified: (1) contribution of tele-psychodrama to adolescents’ well-being; (2) implementation of psychodrama to the online setting; and (3) (the) shortcomings of tele-psychodrama Conclusions: Despite the differences between online and in-person psychodrama, all the participants expressed their appreciation of group tele-psychodrama, which contributed to their overall psychological wellbeing and helped them process difficulties that emerged during the lockdowns.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-14 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Arts and Health |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 6 Dec 2022 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2024 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic
- Psychodrama
- adolescents
- online group setting
- online psychological support
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)