Bullying has become a major problem in U.S. schools. In response to this issue, this research study used art therapy interventions to examine bullying behaviors among four students. Personal construct theory and previous research in art therapy helped inform this study by providing a structure for better understanding students' perceptions about bullying through the process of drawing based on personal understanding and experience. Participants in this study were four students of various ages, sexes, and schools from a small city in the southeastern United States. Each student participated in pretest/posttest personal construct drawing assessments and in three art therapy interventions. Students completed a self-rating with each drawing to depict their relatedness to the person they drew. A comparison was made between their pretest and posttest drawings and self-ratings to determine any changes following the art therapy intervention. / A Thesis submitted to the Department of Art Education in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. / Fall Semester, 2011. / August 3, 2011. / Art Therapy, Bullying, Drawings, Interventions, Personal Construct, School-Aged / Includes bibliographical references. / Marcia Rosal, Professor Directing Thesis; Dave Gussak, Committee Member; Tom Anderson, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_182819 |
| Contributors | Crawford, Valerie C. (authoraut), Rosal, Marcia (professor directing thesis), Gussak, Dave (committee member), Anderson, Tom (committee member), Department of Art Education (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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