Biblioterapia w procesie umacniania zdrowia psychicznego i fzycznego czytelników
Bibliotherapy in the process of strengthening readers’ mental and physical health
Author(s): Wanda Matras-MastalerzSubject(s): Studies of Literature, Individual Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jana Kochanowskiego
Keywords: bibliotheraphy; the therapeutic function of literature; reading; strengthening mental and physical health; emotional support;
Summary/Abstract: Bibliotheraphy as a process of a dynamic interaction between the reader’s personality and literature has become a subject of both academic and general public reflections.Its attractiveness, and at the same time difficulty of description, is connected with its interdisciplinary nature which smoothly combines study of literature, bibliology, psychology, pedagogy, sociology, philosophy, history, anthropology, and even medical sciences. This article is an attempt to present possibilities of using bibliotherapy in the process strengthening mental and physical health of modern man. The author presents her own “Measurement scale of strengthening through literature” based on the former research done by other Polish and foreign specialists.
Journal: Studia Pedagogiczne. Problemy Społeczne, Edukacyjne i Artystyczne
- Issue Year: 27/2016
- Issue No: 27
- Page Range: 91-118
- Page Count: 28
- Language: Polish