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Using humour in counselling mentally retarded clients: A preliminary study

✍ Scribed by I. F. W. K. Davidson; W. I. Brown

Book ID
104627249
Publisher
Springer US
Year
1989
Tongue
English
Weight
690 KB
Volume
12
Category
Article
ISSN
0165-0653

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✦ Synopsis

The effects of using two types of humour in counselling sessions with mentally retarded clients were examined. Eleven male and eleven female mildly handicapped participants rated the helpfulness of a male counsellor following in vivo counselling sessions where no humour (Nit), facilitative humour (FI-I), and non-facilitative humour (NFII) were used. Results indicated that overall participants' ratings were significantly higher under the FIt condition than when either NH or NFH were used. No overall effects were found for gender type, but analysis of intra-individual rating patterns indicated that ratings varied considerably among both male and female participants.

Counselling with mentally retarded people has reflected a variety of approaches. Still, many techniques used with other populations, including humour, have not yet been attempted with mentally retarded clients.

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