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Pagano, Tatiana | Salamone, Maria Luisa | Iacono Isidoro, Serena

Studio pilota sugli adolescenti all'era del Covid-19 : esiti di un intervento di gruppo online di psicoterapia della Gestalt per migliorare il benessere relazionale

2022 - Franco Angeli

P. 97-107

  • L'articolo propone uno studio pilota volto a descrivere come, attraverso un intervento di tipo gestaltico (10 incontri di gruppo online), si possa sostenere il benessere relazionale degli adolescenti in un'epoca contraddistinta dal distanziamento sociale a causa del Covid-19. Due gruppi (64 partecipanti), divisi a loro volta in gruppo di controllo e gruppo sperimentale, sono stati sottoposti ad una valutazione pre e post-intervento al fine di misurare empatia, risonanza, consapevolezza corporea, ansia e depressione. Dal confronto fra i gruppi di controllo e i gruppi sperimentali è emerso un decremento di ansia e depressione ed un incremento di empatia, risonanza e consapevolezza corporea nel gruppo partecipante agli incontri online, a conferma dell'efficacia dell'intervento eseguito. [Testo dell'editore]
  • The article proposes a pilot study aimed at measuring and describing how a Gestalt ap-proach, operationally defined in 10 online group sessions, can support the development of ad-olescents' relational well-being in a period marked by social distancing due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Two groups of adolescents (64 subjects), recruited through the network and with the in-volvement of an educational institution and led by two Gestalt psychotherapists, were further divided into experimental group and control group.The research was divided into three phases: during the first phase a questionnaire was ad-ministered for the collection of socio-demographic information and tools aimed at measuring dimensions such as empathy, resonance and body awareness, and assessing the presence of risk factors.
  • During the second phase, the two experimental groups participated in 10 audio-recorded online group meetings; at the end of each meeting, the conductors filled out the Ther-apist Experience Journal to note observations on the research process and group dynamics. In the third phase, questionnaires were re-administered to check for any differences in scores be-tween the pre and post-intervention and between the experimental and control groups.The descriptive analysis allowed to verify the equivalence and the presence of homogenei-ty within the two groups. The inferential analysis, using a two-way mixed ANOVA (Analysis of Variance), showed a significant increase, in both experimental groups involved, in empathy, resonance and body awareness, as well as a decrease in anxiety and depression scores, high-lighting the effectiveness of the proposed intervention.
  • The results seem to support the efficacy of the Gestalt therapy approach carried out online in a group setting in improving adolescents' relational well-being, which is essential for building a solid identity, along with adequate social skills, and stable social relationships over time. [Publisher's text]

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Quaderni di Gestalt : rivista semestrale di psicoterapia della Gestalt : 2, 2022