Dibs (1971)
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- Created on: 26-01-15 21:06
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- Dibs (1971)
- Aim
- Use play therapy to unlock problems
- Interact
- Fulfil potential
- Background
- Axline= clinical psychologist
- Dibs= 5 year old boy
- Dibs: Display disturbing behaviour (no interaction, hide under tables, would not speak, would not go home)
- Parents struggle with Dibs's behaviour
- Procedure/Case Description
- Spoke to Dibs's mother, watched Dibs in classroom, weekly play therapy: observe (one-way mirror), take notes, not interruption
- Family
- Mother= used to be surgeon, struggle with Dibs, always testing Dibs, high expectations
- Before: unmanageable at school and home, used dolls to act family situations (bury 'papa' doll), not like locked doors
- After: Speak to teacher, show interaction, developed better relationship with father (High IQ test)
- Analysis
- ID overpowered superego, Ego was overwhelmed (couldn't balance)
- Freud's idea of fixations and the unconscious
- Dibs worked through problems using play + symbols (dolls).
- ID overpowered superego, Ego was overwhelmed (couldn't balance)
- Evaluation
- Low Demand Characteristics: didn't know taking part, played naturally, increase validity
- Low Reliability: unique case study, not standardised procedure, Dibs played freely, cant be replicated to get similar results
- Application: play therapy can be useful, children express unconscious desires
- High Validity: case study= in-depth, qualitative data, conclusions easy to draw
- High Validity: Axline used triangulation (three methods)
- High Ethical: pseudonym, anonymous + Parents consented
- Low Validity: improvements may not have been from therapy (could be: one-to-one with adult)
- Low Generalisability: unique case study, cant generalise to target population
- Subjectivity: only Axlines interpretation
- High Ecological Validity: natural play-room environment
- Aim
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