PSYCHODRAMA IN THE PUERTO RICAN SETTING

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  • ABEL K. FINK Author

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PUERTO RICAN

Abstract

Limited experience in Puerto Rico1 suggests that psychodrama is uniquely suited to the Spanish setting. Successful application of this approach is enhanced by the spontaneous style of living of the people as well as their keen awareness of and sensitivity to indicators of social setting and role.

References

1 This paper is based on the author's experience while in residence as Visiting Professor in the Department of Psychology, College of Social Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, 1964-1965.

2 Fink, Abel K., "Some Implications of Moreno's Concept of Warm-Up For Education," Group Psychotherapy, 15: 69-73, 1962.

3 See, Fink, Abel K., "Group Dynamics at the University of Puerto Rico: A Study of Student Reactions to Classroom Group Experiences," Rio Piedras, P.R., 1965.

4 Stanton, Howard, Kurt W. Back and Eugene Litwak, "Role-Playing in Survey Research," The American Journal of Sociology, 62:172-176, 1956.

6 Moreno, J. L. "Psychiatry of the Twentieth Century: Function of the Universalia: Time, Space, Reality, and Cosmos," Group Psychotherapy, 19: 146-158, 1966.

Published

2025-01-06

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Vol. 20 No. 3-4 (1967): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

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