Reflection of content and feelings, confrontation, self-referencing: the Sopranos as an example of teaching material

• Authors: Sümeyye Derin , Semra Uçar
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this study is to examine the individual therapy scenes in The Sopranos TV series, which was screened between 1999–2007, in terms of helping skills and to create a sample material that can be used in skill teaching. Document analysis, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the study. Research data were collected from the individual therapy scenes in 86 episodes of the six seasons of the TV series The Sopranos. The intercoder reliability coefficients in the analysis of the data were calculated to be between .85 and .96. As a result of the study, it was found, that the individual therapy scenes of The Sopranos represent a supportive sample material that can be used in the teaching of reflection of content and feelings, confrontation and self-referencing skills. As a result, The Sopranos TV series can be used as supporting material in teaching the mentioned helping skills.

Keywords

EN

helping skills; reflection of content; reflection of feelings; confrontation; self-referencing; individual therapy; movie analysis

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Československá psychologie (Czechoslovak Psychology)
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 68
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 291-307
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Sümeyye Derin

• Československá psychologie, redakce, Psychologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Politických vězňů 7, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic

author

Semra Uçar

• Československá psychologie, redakce, Psychologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Politických vězňů 7, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic