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- Title
The Influence of Experiential Analysis on the Emotional Stability in the Unifying Experiential Groups.
- Authors
Răban-Motounu, Nicoleta; Vitalia, Ileana L.
- Abstract
Introduction: The present research is focused on change mechanisms in the unifying personal development and psychotherapy and their impact on personality traits. The essence of the experiential approach is the development of internal mechanisms of resilience. In the experiential psychotherapy of unification the main mechanism is considered to be the creative integration of polarities or opposites, the internal and external unification. Objectives: The objective is to investigate the contribution that the unification on the time axis has to personal resilience, especially to the emotional stability, by here and now re-enacting, and reprocessing of the past experiences previously labeled as negative. Method: We conducted the research by using a pre, posttest non-randomized experimental design, also integrating psychometric (Revised NEO Personality Inventory) and statistical methods. The experimental group consisted of 10 psychology students, 20 or 21 years old, who voluntarily participated in the unifying personal development program. The control group was involved in experiential learning during two classes of psychotherapy for the third year psychology students. They were selected to match the scores on the Neuroticism factor of the participants from the experimental group. Results: T-test results showed significant changes on several facets of Neuroticism, Openness, Agreeableness, and Consciousness. Conclusions: The observed score changes fit the model of change in the unifying personal development and psychotherapy: it allows the creation of harmony in the interplay of differentiation and integration, both at individual and interpersonal level, resulting in an increased emotional stability.
- Subjects
EXPERIENTIAL psychotherapy; MATURATION (Psychology); PERSONALITY studies; NEUROTICISM; EMOTIONAL state; CONTROL groups
- Publication
Journal of Experiential Psychotherapy / Revista de PSIHOterapie Experientiala, 2013, Vol 16, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
1453-634X
- Publication type
Article