Revisiting the Concept of Gender through Psychodrama in University Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to raise the awareness among the university students on gender equality/inequality through psychodrama group work. In the study, the effect of psychodrama group work about gender equality on perception and attitude towards gender equality was tested with the one group pretest-posttest experimental model. The study was conducted with 12 volunteer individuals aged 18 years old who did not participate in the gender equality group study. As data collection tools, Perception of Gender Scale (Altinova & Duyan, 2013), socio-demographic information form, a qualitative question and a process analysis conducted after each session were used. Statistical analysis was performed in SPSS 15.0 and it was found that group work with psychodrama method led to a significant increase in the participants' gender perception scores. In the content analysis of the qualitative stage, it is established that the responses of the participants were gathered in equal and not equal themes. In addition to raising awareness of gender roles, the group work motivates the changes these of role patterns.