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| Id | 601 | |
| Author | Pettersson C. | |
| Title | Psychological well-being, improved self-confidence, and social capacity: bibliotherapy from a user perspective | |
| Reference | Pettersson C.; Psychological well-being, improved self-confidence, and social capacity: bibliotherapy from a user perspective ;Journal of Poetry Therapy vol:31 issue: 2.0 page:124.0 |
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| Link to article | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85043312676&doi=10.1080%2f08893675.2018.1448955&partnerID=40&md5=17867dc81cf622b6fd20e19fe5fa6df1 |
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| Abstract | This article in the field of bibliotherapy investigates how participation in a reading circle can contribute to psychological well-being in people with mental illness such as long-term depression and anxiety. The perspective employed is user-centered and focused on the users’ statements about their health and well-being. Through a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, the study which the article is based on, showed that participants had short-term improved psychological well-being after participating in a guided reading circle. Interviews clarified that their social well-being had been positively influenced in various ways, including greater self-confidence and increased social interaction. The choice of–short stories and poetry–was significant to the positive results achieved by the participants, as were the discussions about the texts, the presence of a circle leader with good leadership qualities, and the opportunity to be included in a group whose membership remained constant throughout the series of sessions. © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. |
Psychological well-being, improved self-confidence, and social capacity: bibliotherapy from a user perspective. The individual semi-structured interviews conducted after the last reading circle session were based on a question guide with several specific themes such as reading habits literary preferences the significance of the reading circle and the participants psychological well-being. The literature in the circle All participants expressed their appreciation of the literature read during and in preparation for the circle sessions. Another aspect that emerged in the interviews which raised the question of whether literary quality should be the most important criterion for reading material in bibliotherapy was the opportunity the reading circle offered participants to read literature they had not previously read. The participants in my study exhibited most of the increased abilities and skills mentioned by Billington and all participants decreased their social isolation by taking part in the reading circle sessions.
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