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Male participants' experiences of receiving contact during group-based psychotherapy interventions : a multiple case study

University of British Columbia

This research study examined male participants' experiences of receiving contact during group-based psychotherapy interventions. According to the literature, there is no empirical information on the effects of receiving contact, specifically with male therapy groups, and inclusion of receiving contact as an intervention variable for trauma processing. A qualitative multiple case study research design was used, and included analysis to identify contact experiences, and frequencies of common contact codes from the participants. The overall outcomes of this study revealed that receiving contact during trauma processing has significantly positive reparative effects in affect regulation while engaged in heightened past trauma event arousal states, and simultaneous activation of adaptive cognitive, affect and sensorimotor responses, and positive integration and awareness of the self. Additionally, contact experiences suggest it has a direct positive influence on diffusing socially constructed maladaptive male gender roles, and influencing men’s relational awareness of adaptive and authentic attachment bond experiencing.

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2013-04-27

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44381

Counselling Psychology

University of British Columbia

UBCV

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/