An Essay on the Metascience of Psychodrama
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To pave the way for the development of a solid foundation upon which psychodrama techniques can be properly based, I wish in this article to validate Moreno's theories from a metascientific point of view by examining the governing assumptions of psychodrama when regarded as natural and as human science and by discussing the possibility for integrative solutions. I have concluded that the natural and human science aspects of psychodrama cross-pollinate one another and that both together are more complete than either one alone and create an· outline of integrative psychodrama.
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