THE VALIDITY OF PSYCHODRAMA

Abstract

The question as to the validity of psychodrama has aroused considerable controversy in the course of the years. There have been two opinions. One emphasizes that the usual measures of reliability and validity do not seem to be particularly appropriate for psychodrama. If each person acts out his life honestly, the data are perfectly reliable and valid. The second opinion is that the current methods of measuring validity can be applied. The two opinions do not exclude one another. The two methods of validation can be combined