Videotape self-confrontation among chronic schizophrenics

✍ Scribed by Lotjis H. Muzekari

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1974
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 188 KB
• Volume: 30
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(197401)30:1<99::aid-jclp2270300134>3.0.co;2-z

✦ Synopsis

PROBLEM

Clinical research studies that utilized videotape feedback with psychiatric populations have suggested that the technique may have 3 , 5 ) or negative('! 6 , effects on subsequent behavior. One possible explanation of these equivocal findings is that different methods (e.g., form, nature, intensity, etc.) of videotape self-confrontation have differential effects on patient behavior. Although investigators report that Ss' reactions to seeing themselves for the first time on videotape often arouse defensive and self-deprecatory feelings, few attempts have been made t o determine whether alternative methods would be more beneficial.

This study investigated whether a gradual self-confrontation procedure would be more effective in bringing about positive behavior change among chronic schizophrenics than the currently prevalent immediate method.

METHOD

Subjects. The Ss were 10 male and 10 female chronic schizophrenic patients who were residing in a social rehabilitation treatment center. The age range of male Ss SUMMARY The effects of gradual us. immediate videotape self-confrontation on the behavior and self-perception of chronic schizophrenics were investigated. The results indicated no significant differences between the two procedures. However, the findings did suggest that both approaches facilitated accuracy of self-perception among Ss over the treatment period.