The treatment of an attitudinal pathosis by bibliotherapy, a case study

Bibliotherapy as a Counseling Adjunct: Research Findings

“…Tatara (1964) successfully used a bibliotherapy program to modify high school students' attitudes toward scientists. Wilson (1951) found bibliotherapy effective for correcting severe attitudinal problems.…”

“…Muehleisen (1976) found that a bibliotherapy program produced an overall improvement in health status (reduction of psychiatric and psychosomatic symptoms and improved ego strength). Wilson (1951) discovered that bibliotherapy effected changes toward adjustment for severe attitudinal problems. Saper (1968) found that reading in combination with group therapy resulted in greater involvement, problem-solving, and insight than group therapy alone, although the adjustment and neuroticism scores of his hospitalized psychiatric patients were not affected.…”