Peer group counselling with bereaved adolescents
- Författare
- Quarmby, D.
- Titel
- Peer group counselling with bereaved adolescents
- Utgivningsår
- 1993
- Tidskrift
- British Journal of Guidance & Counselling
- Volym
- 21
- Häfte
- 2
- Sidor
- 196-211
- Sammanfattning
An experiment is described which aimed to help bereaved teenagers through peer group counselling, and also to examine the related issue of how reliably we can measure the effectiveness of such counselling. This involved a systematic approach to the subjective impressions of participants, and also used objective measurement techniques. Subjects perceived the group counselling sessions to have had a high value, and certain consistent trends were revealed concerning participants' previous experience of their bereavement and concerning the medium-term effects of adolescent bereavement. Statistical analysis of the objective tests paralleled this with improvements in several areas, though the extent of the statistical significance of those improvements is debatable. Recommendations are made concerning the implications for the pastoral care of bereaved pupils in schools.