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Art Therapy as an Intervention for Children: A Bibliometric Analysis of Publications from 1990 to 2020
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Jia-Fen Wu; Chi-Yang Chung – SAGE Open, 2023
This bibliometric study analyzed characteristics of publications related to art therapy for children from 1990 to 2020, based on the datasets taken from Web of Science (WoS) core collections. The results indicate that the USA, Israel, Germany, UK, Australia, and Canada were six leading countries in this field of research interest. The Top 5 most…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Intervention, Children, Bibliometrics
Five Functions of Art Therapy Supporting Couples Affected by Alzheimer's Disease
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Couture, Nancy; Villeneuve, Patrick; Éthier, Sophie – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2021
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a threat to the individual and marital integrity of couples as the relationship is called upon to evolve into a caregiver-patient one. In Quebec (Canada), there are currently very few services offered in which these couples can participate together as a couple. In a qualitative multi-case study, five couples had the…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Alzheimers Disease, Case Studies, Family Environment
Impact of Group Art Therapy on the Quality of Life for Acquired Brain Injury Survivors
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Guay, Martine – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2018
This preexperimental comparison group study (N = 19) examined group art therapy as a means for increasing communication and socialization, and enhancing quality of life for people (51-93 years old) with acquired brain injury. Participants self-selected a 10-week program according to interest that was either an art therapy group (n = 11) or the…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Group Therapy, Quality of Life, Head Injuries
The Effectiveness of Art Therapy for Teaching Social Skills to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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D'Amico, Miranda; Lalonde, Corinne – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2017
The purpose of this quasi-experimental research study was to evaluate the effectiveness of art therapy for teaching social skills to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The program we tested was structured to provide a therapeutic setting for children to discuss difficulties they experience in their social interactions, and give them…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Interpersonal Competence, Outcomes of Treatment, Autism
Artistic Tasks Outperform Nonartistic Tasks for Stress Reduction
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Abbott, Kayleigh A.; Shanahan, Matthew J.; Neufeld, Richard W. J. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2013
Art making has been documented as an effective stress reduction technique. In this between-subjects experimental study, possible mechanisms of stress reduction were examined in a sample of 52 university students randomly assigned to one of four conditions generated by factorially crossing Activity Type (artistic or nonartistic) with Coping…
Descriptors: Stress Management, Art Activities, College Students, Coping
National Survey Assessing Perceived Multicultural Competence in Art Therapy Graduate Students
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Robb, Megan – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2014
Multicultural competence is essential to contemporary art therapy practice. Current education standards require that culturally sound theories and practices be taught along with self-awareness, but there is little research on the effects of such training in art therapy. The current study examined data from the Multicultural Awareness, Knowledge,…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Allied Health Occupations Education, Multicultural Education, Graduate Students