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Dance/movement therapy with an adolescent mother: A case study
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| Title: | Dance/movement therapy with an adolescent mother: A case study |
| Authors: | Venable, Emily T |
| Keywords: | Dance Therapy
Maternal Health Services
Mothers -- in adolescence
Social Environment
Pregnancy -- in adolescence
Parent-Child Relations
Personality Assessment
Maternal Behavior |
| Issue Date: | May-1994 |
| Abstract: | Adolescent mothers and their infants have been identified as a high risk
population. Due to the resulting economical and psychological trauma faced by
the adolescent mother, she is emotionally unavailable for her infant. To date,
the literature surrounding interventions for this population demonstrate
controversy. Intervention programs suggest child development education,
social support systems, prenatal health care, nutritional education, and
psychotherapy. The importance of a therapeutic approach has been discussed.
However, these programs do not fully explore and describe appropriate
therapeutic interventions for this population.
This case study was designed to explore and describe the process and
possible benefits of Dance/Movement Therapy with an adolescent mother in
three therapeutic contexts: individual therapy, peer group therapy, and
mother/infant group therapy. The sessions ran for twelve weeks with each type
of therapy session meeting once a week. Clinical material was collected after
each session focusing on the subject's use of touch, visual behaviors,
vocalizations, proximity, mirroring, empathy and use of efforts. The adolescent
answered questions regarding her feelings and impressions of the three
therapeutic sessions which were compared to this clinician's findings.
The hypothesis that the individual sessions and the peer group sessions
would promote positive interactions between the mother and her infant was not
necessarily established. However, it is within the scope of this study to note
that the individual sessions appear to be the most beneficial therapeutic
intervention and that the three therapeutic contexts provided the subject
alternative environments in which to address her varying needs. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1860/1107 |
| Appears in Collections: | Health Sciences Theses and Dissertations
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