Exploring the psychosocial problems of children residing in shelters for abused women and the children in the Cape Metropolitan are : a gestalt approach
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Authors
Badenhorst, Beryl Anne
Issue Date
2010-02
Type
Dissertation
Language
en
Keywords
Domestic violence , Psychosocial problems , Gestalt therapy theory , Contact making styles , Middle childhood , Case study , Shelters , Children , Field , Self
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to explore and describe the psychosocial problems perceived (their phenomenological field) by children in middle childhood, living in shelters in the Cape Metropolitan Area.
The psychosocial problems included poor self regulation as a result of disturbances in the contact cycle, restrictions in shelters negatively impacting the holistic sense of self, barriers hindering relationships with significant others and the continuation of violence into the participants‟ broader field. The experience of multiple losses and persistence of violent behavior within and without the shelter context was a thread that ran through this study.
Current literature provided an overview of the theoretical underpinnings of this study which included the key tenets of Gestalt therapy theory, core Gestalt principles, the child living in a shelter and development in middle childhood. A qualitative research approach with a case study of ten children from three shelters was implemented.
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Citation
Badenhorst, Beryl Anne (2010) Exploring the psychosocial problems of children residing in shelters for abused women and the children in the Cape Metropolitan are : a gestalt approach, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3835>