THE EFFECTS OF FAIRY TALES ON THE INNER EXPERIENCE OF YOUNG ADOLESCENTS.
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Title
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THE EFFECTS OF FAIRY TALES ON THE INNER EXPERIENCE OF YOUNG ADOLESCENTS.
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Identifier
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AAI8423105
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identifier
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8423105
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Creator
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SMOKE, LESLEE BLOOMGARDEN.
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Contributor
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William C. Crain
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Date
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1984
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Clinical
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Abstract
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According to Bettelheim, fairy tales can promote healthy psychological development. They can relieve preconscious and unconscious pressures and at the same time show ways to satisfy superego and ego requirements.;A study designed to learn about the effects fairy tales have on early adolescence was conducted. The sample of fifty-eight children, twenty-four boys and thirty-four girls, were from the sixth and seventh grades in a private school on the Upper East Side of New York City. Pre- and post-test House-Tree-Person and family drawings were obtained from each subject as were responses to Kohlberg's Moral Judgment Dilemmas and story responses to two TAT cards. The children were randomly assigned to small groups in which they heard either a fairy tale or a biography or participated in a structured discussion group for fifteen sessions over an eight week period.;The fairy tale children, when compared to those in the other conditions, did not reveal change on either the moral judgment or the TAT variables. However, some significant changes were noted in the drawings. The fairy tale subjects, compared to the others, showed an increase in the number of human and animal figures and a decrease in the number of colors used. There also was an increased depiction of movement by the fairy tale subjects compared to the others, but the difference was only significant when the fairy tale group was compared to the biography group. The implications of these findings for inner experience and individuation were discussed.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Psychology
