DIBS

Question 1

WHOSE STUDY ?

Answer 1

AXLINE

Question 2

WHAT YEAR

Answer 2

1964

Question 3

WHICH APPROACH

Answer 3

PSYCHODYNAMIC

Question 4

AIM ?

Answer 4

TO HELP 5 YEAR OLD BOY UNLOCK WHAT WAS TROUBLING HIM AS WOULDN’T SPEAK OR INTERACT WITH OTHERS

Question 5

TYPE OF THERAPY

Answer 5

PLAY THERAPY

Question 6

DESCRIBE STUDY

Answer 6

• AXLINE CARRIED OUT SEVERAL SESSIONS OF THERAPY
• OBSERVED HIM PLAYING THROUGH ONE WAY MIRROR IN PLAY ROOM
• PLAYED WITH DOLLS HOUSE, TOYS SOLDIERS AND SAND PIT TO ACT OUT FAMILY SITUATIONS
  -BURIED A TOY SOLDIER IN SAND CALLING IT PAPA
• MOTHER TESTING DIBS FROM EARLY AGE, PARENTS VERY STRICT
• LOCKED HIM IN ROOMS IN HOUSE, HE UNLOCKED DOLLS HOUSE
• DIBS ABLE TO WORK OUT HIS ANGER AND BECAME HAPPIER AND COMMUNICATIVE AFTER THE THERAPY
  -POSSIBLE CAUSE OF BEHAVIOUR IS HE HAD STRONG SUPEREGO THAT COULD NOT BE CONTROLLED BY EGO
  PLAY TERAPY ALLOWED HIM TO FIND A BALANCE BETWEEN EGO, ID AND SUPERGO

Question 7

EVALUATE STRENGTHS OF STUDY

Answer 7

+ PLAY THERAPY CAN ALLOW CHILDREN TO EXPRESS UNCONSCIOUS
+ ETHICAL, PARENTS GAVE CONSENT
+ ETHICAL, DIBS FREE TO DO WHAT HE WANTED WHEN PLAYING EG. GOING INTO AXLINE’S OFFICE
+ HIGH ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY, NATURAL PLAY ENVIRONMENT

Question 8

EVALUATE WEAKNESSES OF STUDY

Answer 8

• STUDY ON ONE CHILD SO NOT GENERALISABLE
• AXLINE HAD TO OFFER SOME INTERPRETATION WHICH IS SUBJECTIVE SO MAY NOT HAVE HIGH VALIDITY
• MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PLAY THERAPY THAT LED TO DIBS IMPROVEMENT BUT JUST HAVING ONE TO ONE TIME WITH ADULT WHO LISTENED
• UNIQUE CASE SO HARD TO REPLICATE STUDY, REDUCING RELIABILITY