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Italian adolescents' perception of tele-psychodrama treatment during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Gianmarco Biancalani1, Hod Orkibi2,3, Shoshi Keisari2,3
1Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology (FISPPA), University of Padova, Italy.
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.
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