Date of Award
Spring 5-21-2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
MA - Master of Arts
Department
Expressive Therapies
Advisor
Sarah Hamil
Abstract
This paper addresses how the body presence of public safety officers in hospitals affect pediatric psychiatric patients’ behavior while in the emergency department of a community hospital. When speaking of pediatric psychiatric patients, the age range is 4 through 21 years of age. This paper used research on self-regulation, body stance and presence, nonverbal communication and how it played a role into the experience of the pediatric psychiatric patients’ behavior. Theories such as Kestenberg Movement Profile and the Laban Movement Analysis are included as well.
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Recommended Citation
Cooperider, Alyssa, "Body Presence of Public Safety Officers in the Emergency Room and Effect on Pediatric Psychiatric Patients’ Behavior" (2022). Expressive Therapies Capstone Theses. 651.
https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/expressive_theses/651
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