dc.contributor.author | Ekerholt, Kirsten | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-01-12T10:15:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-05-19T02:02:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-05-19 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Ekerholt, K. (2011). Awareness of breathing as a way to enhance the sense of coherence : patients' experiences in psychomotor physiotherapy. Body, movement and dance in psychotherapy, 6 (2), 103-115. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | Print: 1743-2979 | |
dc.identifier.issn | Online: 1743-2987 | |
dc.identifier.other | FRIDAID 828147 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/1023 | |
dc.description.abstract | Aims: The intention of this study was to clarify former patients’ experience while undergoing therapeutic treatment in Norwegian Psychomotor Physiotherapy (NPMP). Subjects and methods: A qualitative approach based on 10 in-depth interviews was adopted. The data were analysed with the aid of grounded theory. Results: Three categories were identified from the patients’ experiences: (1) the realisation that their health was at stake, (2) the therapeutic process, and (3) increased self-awareness. During NPMP they realised that when the therapists brought their attention to autonomic reactions, such as changes in their breathing rhythm, they came to a better understanding of what these reactions could mean, thereby increasing their self-understanding. Discussion and conclusion: Focused attention on autonomic reactions, mainly breathing, increased the patients’ self-understanding and their sense of coherence (Antonovsky, 1987, 1996) | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Body, movement and dance in psychotherapy;6 (2) | |
dc.subject | Breathing | en_US |
dc.subject | Psychomotor physiotherapy | en_US |
dc.subject | Psychosomatic disorders | en_US |
dc.subject | Musculoskeletal disorder | en_US |
dc.subject | Salutogenic perspectives | en_US |
dc.subject | VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Fysioterapi: 807 | en_US |
dc.title | Awareness of breathing as a way to enhance the sense of coherence : patients' experiences in psychomotor physiotherapy | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.description.version | This is an electronic version of an article published in Body, movement and dance in psychotherapy;6 (2), 2011. Body, movement and dance in psychotherapy is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tbmd20/current. | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17432979.2011.568762 | |