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EFFECT OF GUIDED IMAGERY ON CHILDREN'S SOCIAL PERFORMANCE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 October 2002

Laura Hernández-Guzmán ,
Socorro González  and
Florente López
Laura Hernández-Guzmán
Affiliation:
National University of Mexico, Mexico
Socorro González
Affiliation:
National University of Mexico, Mexico
Florente López
Affiliation:
National University of Mexico, Mexico
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Abstract

The study examined the effect of guided imagery on overt social behavior of children during free play. Forty withdrawn and rejected first-graders (6 to 8 years of age) were randomly assigned to one of five conditions. Four of them were guided imagery conditions: mastery plus peer acceptance, mastery with no social contingency, coping, and gradual rehearsal. A fifth control condition involved no intervention. It was predicted that the four imagery conditions would increase and maintain positive socialization, but the coping condition would be the most effective. Children under the coping condition, which involved guided imagery of failure to get peer acceptance, but progressively mastering the social interaction and finally being accepted by peers, consistently increased positive socialization behaviors from baseline to post-treatment and follow-up, as compared to gradual rehearsal and control. Both mastery conditions increased socialization at post-treatment, but reverted to baseline levels during follow-up.

Keywords

Guided imagerycopingchildrensocial skills
Type
Clinical Section
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , October 2002 , pp. 471 - 483
Copyright
© 2002 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

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