masterThesis
Potencialidades terapéuticas del juego de rol
Autor
Garzón Hidalgo, Miguel Ángel
Institución
Resumen
This qualitative and quantitative research aims to explore the therapeutic potential of Roleplaying games, that hasn't been subject of research. It was conducted with five high school students and four university students, applying 16PF, SASS scales, eight sessions of roleplaying games (dungeons and dragons) and Discussion Groups. It was concluded that there is no difference between pre and post social adaptation. School students have similar personality characteristics of self-sufficiency scale, Apprehension and Openness to Change; university students are similar in Dare, Monitoring, Apprehension and Abstraction and global dimension of Anxiety. Roleplaying improves interpersonal relationships inside and outside the game group, the expression of feelings impact outside the game, the main difference between the game experience and Real Life difference is the freedom to break social norms. Teamwork is an essential teaching, contributes to decision making, projection as a defense mechanism, development of imaginative capabilities, development of empathy, socialization, untapped empowerment skills, awareness, responsibility and sublimation of repressed aspects of personality.