Změny sebepojetí klientů terapeutických komunit pro drogově závislé prostřednictvím terapie dobrodružstvím
Changes in clients´self-concept during adventure therapy in therapeutic communities for drug addicts

Summary/Abstract: Programs of adventure therapy are among the tools for working with clients in therapeutic communities for drug addicts. The paper presents partial results of the empirical part of the students´ grant project. The goal is to find a quantitative foundation for the research, and whether there are changes in clients´ self-concept within the adventure therapy in six therapeutic communities for drug addicts in the Czech Republic. The research was carried out using the questionnaire method in three phases: before the program, after its completation and fourteen days after. The research sample is created by a hundred clients from chosen therapeutic communities. The outcomes of the Friedman test shows statistically significant changes in the field of self-efficacy and in the perception of physical condition and sport competences. These results point to the meaningfulness of putting these programs to working with clients in therapeutic communities.

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