Exploring Responses to Transformative Group Therapy for Orphaned Children in the Context of Mass Orphaning in Botswana

Autor/inn/en	Thamuku, Masego; Daniel, Marguerite
Titel	Exploring Responses to Transformative Group Therapy for Orphaned Children in the Context of Mass Orphaning in Botswana
Quelle	In: Death Studies, 37 (2013) 5, S.413-447 (35 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0748-1187
DOI	10.1080/07481187.2012.654594
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Coping; Grief; Death; Children; Counseling Techniques; Cultural Influences; Questionnaires; Counseling Effectiveness; Problem Solving; Social Support Groups; Family Structure; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Group Counseling; Role Playing; Art Therapy; Individual Characteristics; Emotional Adjustment; Social Work; Resilience (Psychology); Qualitative Research; Botswana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bewältigung; Trauer; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Child; Kind; Kinder; Counseling technique; Counselling technique; Counselling techniques; Beratungsmethode; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Fragebogen; Problemlösen; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Gruppenberatung; Rollenspiel; Kunsttherapie; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Emotionale Anpassung; Soziale Arbeit; Qualitative Forschung
Abstract	In the context of AIDS, the Botswana Government has adopted a group therapy program to help large numbers of orphaned children cope with bereavement. This study explores the effectiveness of the therapy and examines how it interacts with cultural attitudes and practices concerning death. Ten orphaned children were involved in five rounds of data collection during a therapeutic retreat; eight social workers completed questionnaires concerning the effectiveness of the therapy. Most children were able to come to terms with their loss, face problems in their home and school environments, and envision ways of solving problems. All the children described benefits of group formation and the support it would provide when they returned to their home situations. (Contains 1 table and 8 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10