The use of names and embedded meanings as a therapeutic technique to mediate social adjustment and interpersonal efficiency
dc.contributor.advisor | Naude, H. | en |
dc.contributor.email | s.kamstra@mweb.co.za | en |
dc.contributor.postgraduate | Kamstra, Susara Johanna | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-07T15:42:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007-11-19 | en |
dc.date.available | 2013-09-07T15:42:15Z | |
dc.date.created | 2007-07-09 | en |
dc.date.issued | 2007-11-19 | en |
dc.date.submitted | 2007-11-13 | en |
dc.description | Dissertation (MEd (Educational Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2007. | en |
dc.description.abstract | This research project explores and describes how names and embedded meanings might be utilized as a therapeutic technique in order to mediate social adjustment and interpersonal efficiency. The subjective feeling of success that a person experiences in different areas of life is closely related to the quality of interpersonal relationships that underlie satisfactory interaction with other people. It is the researcher’s opinion that a person’s name almost equals a personal life prophecy and that any name could be a means to mould the client’s life script onto more favourable pathways, because the embedded meaning of a name might contribute to the client’s level of self-knowledge which is necessary for healthy, meaningful relations with others. With the rationale of this research study in mind, the research problem was formulated as follows: How can names and embedded meanings be utilized as a therapeutic technique to mediate social adjustment and interpersonal efficiency? Critical questions that emerged were: What are the underlying psychological constructs that guide the use of names and embedded meanings as a therapeutic technique? How can embedded meanings of names contribute to the different components inherent to sound social adjustment and interpersonal efficiency? Can names and embedded meanings be successfully utilized as a therapeutic technique to enhance social adjustment and interpersonal efficiency? A mixed method approach of qualitative as well as quantitative research was used for the purpose of this study, and interpretivism was the preferred epistemology. A non-experimental mode of inquiry was implemented at the hand of a single case study. Multiple data gathering methods were employed, which included: a well observed intake interview, a pre- and post-test at hand of the Interpersonal Relations Questionnaire, research participant-reflection during a structured interview with a number of stimulus-questions and informal observations and conversations. As enhanced social adjustment, interpersonal efficiency and growth in certain areas were obtained by means of using names and their embedded meanings as a therapeutic technique, the hypothesis of this study could be accepted and supported. | en |
dc.description.availability | unrestricted | en |
dc.description.degree | MEd | |
dc.description.department | Educational Psychology | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Kamstra, SJ 2007, The use of names and embedded meanings as a therapeutic technique to mediate social adjustment and interpersonal efficiency, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29458> | |
dc.identifier.other | Pretoria | en |
dc.identifier.upetdurl | http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11132007-121114/ | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29458 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Pretoria | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © University of Pretor | en |
dc.subject | Interpersonal relationships | en |
dc.subject | Interpersonal efficiency | en |
dc.subject | Mediate | en |
dc.subject | Name therapy | en |
dc.subject | Meaning of names | en |
dc.subject | Embedded meaning | en |
dc.subject | Prophecy | en |
dc.subject | Adaptability/adjustment | en |
dc.subject | Therapeutic technique | en |
dc.subject | Names | en |
dc.subject | UCTD | en_US |
dc.title | The use of names and embedded meanings as a therapeutic technique to mediate social adjustment and interpersonal efficiency | en |
dc.type | Dissertation | en |
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