SOCIOMETRY AND PSYCHODRAMA IN INDIA

Abstract

Sociometry and Psychodrama, in the sense of the techniques and approaches to the study of interpersonal relationships and adjustment procedures associated with Moreno and his co-workers, apparently have not had a widespread impact on the social scientists in India, and this writer was rather diffident about undertaking the review of work which was expected to have hardly any existence. Since his undertaking the assignment, however, he was surprised by the discovery of the interest taken by investigators in India in both of these subjects as revealed by the reports he received from different quarters in the country, which, though rather sparse and scattered, is yet fairly encouraging. This is so inspite of the fact that none of the investigators could have any special training opportunities or educational facilities at the University level in these subjects, because none have been available in the country. There is therefore evident in these studies a genwine and spontaneous interest in the investigators in the approaches of Sociometry and Psychodrama. It is, therefore, possible that with suitable introduction in the University curricula of these subjects in a better than the incidental and tangential manner as it obtains to-day which has been by way of passing references in sociology and psychology textbooks, more and more of younger scholars will get interested in these approaches and will take to them more seriously and with better preparation and skills.