Thesis (M.A. (Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

Thesis (M.A. (Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

Thesis (M.A. (Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

Research on expressive art interventions for bereavement has burgeoned in recent years. Studies have supported their effectiveness in facilitating participants’ adjustment to loss (e.g., Rosner, Kruse, & Hagl, 2010; Uttley, 2015) and have revealed the frequency with which they are clinically implemented (Thompson & Neimeyer, 2014). Clinicians and recipients of expressive art interventions advocate for their helpfulness in grief processing (e.g., Gamino, 2015). Publications have highlighted particular visual art modules that facilitate adaptive adjustment to loss by providing avenues for self-expression, meaning making and continuing bonds with the deceased (Neimeyer, 2016), but few studies have quantitatively investigated whether they improve bereavement outcomes. Efficacy of treatment modalities are especially warranted for bereaved subgroups at elevated risk for developing symptoms of complicated grief, such as socioeconomically vulnerable older adults, as they are among those most likely to benefit from intervention but face the most barriers to accessible treatment (Ghesquiere, 2013; Newson et al., 2011). This longitudinal study investigated the feasibility and efficacy of a 4-week grief support group with visual art modalities for bereaved older adults residing in government subsidized independent living facilitates in the community. Measured outcomes included meaning made from the loss, continued bonds with the deceased, perceived social support, personal growth, and negative bereavement experiences such as symptoms of complicated grief and depression. Findings from this study support the feasibility and acceptability of implementing an art-based grief support group for socioeconomically vulnerable older adults. Significant improvement was found in meaning made from the loss, personal growth, and negative grief symptoms. Depressive symptoms significantly decreased immediately following completion of the group, but these levels returned closer to baseline levels at one-month follow up. Participants who screened positively for complicated grief at baseline reported greater improvement in their negative grief symptoms and depression, consistent with the extant literature that the bereft in highest distress receive the most benefit from grief intervention. As complicated grief is more prevalent in the older adult population than other age groups, further investigation on the efficacy and effectiveness of targeted bereavement support is warranted.

Denna studies syfte är att undersöka empatins betydelse inom tre olika konstnärliga terapier. I denna studie används en hermeneutisk ansats både i metoden och i den analytiska tolkningen. Underlaget för analysen har varit tre intervjuer med tre terapeuter. Empatibegreppet beskrivs utifrån ett utvecklingspsykologiskt perspektiv och dels ur ett psykodynamiskt perspektiv. Utifrån intervjuerna formades fem sammanfattande teman. 1 Det empatiska syftet. 2 Terapeuten som förebild. 3 Konstnärligt skapande. 4 Intersubjektivitet. 5 Förändringsprocess. I diskussionen problematiseras hur empatibegreppet kan användas och om behovet av att beskriva de intersubjektiva processer som är en förutsättning för empati. Den grundläggande intersubjektiva samspelsväven har nära samband med de konstnärliga interaktionsformerna som terapeuterna använder både på ett praktiskt och teoretiskt plan. / The purpose of this study is to investigate the importance of empathy in different artistic therapies. A hermeneutic approach is used in both the method and the analytical reading. The foundation for the analysis has been three interviewers with three therapists. The concept of empathy is described throw a development- psychological perspective and a psychodynamic perspective. Five summarize themes where found from the interviews. 1 The empathic purpose. 2 The therapist as a good example. 3 Artistic creativity. 4 Intersubjectivity. 5 Process of change. In the discussion the empathy-concept is being studied. How it is being used. And a need of describing intersubjective processes which is a prerequisite for empathy. The basic intersubjective interaction has a close relation to the artistic interactionforms which the therapists are using practically and theoretically.

This study explores the lived experiences of using tactile objects in Child and Youth Care (CYC) Practitioners’ practice. This thesis includes the definition and scope of tactile objects, explores what being a CYC Practitioner means, describes the many roles that CYC Practitioners hold, and shares what CYC Practitioners articulate about the use of tactile objects in their office space and environment. This study focused on the lived experiences of CYC Practitioners who work with clients and provide or utilize tactile objects in their practice. By interpreting the experiences, co-constructed themes identified how tactile objects are used, what beliefs guide their use, feelings that come up in use, and ideas about outcomes from their use, along with some emerging observations. The results from this study provide a case for increased education for CYC Practitioners, better tools for them and their clients to have access to and will help fill the gap in CYC literature about experiences of tactile objects in practice. / Graduate / 2023-08-23

Psykisk ohälsa är en långvarig sjukdom som inte kan botas med enbart medicin (Bundensen m.fl. 2020). Tidigare forskningar menar de att det är ett alternativ att behandlas med olika konstnärliga och kreativa aktiviteter, som till exempel kreativt skrivande, musik, livsberättelse, dans, teatereller poesiför att individen ska få tillbaka sin självkänsla (Bundensen m.fl. 2020; Slattery m.fl. 2020). Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka vilka konstnärliga och kreativa metoder som finns och hur yrkesverksamheter inom psykisk ohälsa använder sig utav dessa metoder för att hjälpa personer med psykisk ohälsa. En kvalitativ metod har använtsi denna studie för att besvara studiens frågeställningar. Datainsamlingen skedde genom semistrukturerade intervjuer och ett målinriktat urval användes för att rekrytera intervjupersonerna. Vi intervjuade sex personer som verksamma inom psykisk ohälsa. Dessa personer har en akademisk utbildning inom teater, uttryckande konst och pedagogik. De insamlade materialen analyserades med innehållsanalys.Resultatet blev sex olika teman: Empowerment, gemenskap,KASAM, kompetens och metod, samverkan och känslouttryck. Samt att personalen på verksamheterna arbetar med olika konstnärliga och kreativa metoder för återhämtningsprocessen för personer som drabbats av psykisk ohälsa. Personer med psykisk ohälsa behöver gemenskapen för att utveckla KASAM. Konstnärliga och kreativa metoder ökar individens välmående, självkänslan och självförtroende (Bundensen m.fl. 2020; Slattery m.fl. 2020)

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