Modern theatre therapy: a new experience-based approach by hamid kianian in boosting the self-esteem of people with physical and motor disabilities.

Abstract

Considering that physical and motor disability affects not only the physical health but also mental health, paying attention to promoting the self-esteem is of great importance. Therefore, Hamid Kianian, with a new approach integrated with theatre devised “Theatre Therapy”. To evaluate the performance of this method, Rosenberg self-esteem test was used on a random population of people with physical and motor disabilities at Baran Rehabilitation Institute at two different time intervals; the first was at the time of entering the institute before Theatre Therapy and the second after that. Finally, statistics indicated that self-esteem in these individuals has changed greatly with a high growth beyond even imagination.