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Ilali, Ehteram Sadat; Mokhtary, Farzaneh; Mousavinasab, Nouraddin; Tirgari, Abdul Hakim – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2018
This study examined the impact of art-based life review on depression symptoms among older adults (N = 54). This is the first study to examine the impact of drawing among Iranian older adults. Participants were randomly assigned to either an experimental art group of 6 weekly sessions or a control group of the same duration; both groups…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Depression (Psychology), Freehand Drawing, Art Activities
Haag, Jonathan Lee – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2018
This naturalistic multiple-case study design (N = 6) examined the clinical use of a modified Draw A Story assessment as a therapeutic tool for a hospice art therapy program. The aim was to recontextualize a standardized art-based assessment for use as a creative art-based tool. Client participants were video recorded while creating a Draw A Story…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Hospices (Terminal Care), Freehand Drawing, Art Expression
Alter-Muri, Simone B. – Art Education, 2017
This article assists art educators, especially preservice teachers, in increasing their understanding of the symptomology and behaviors of students on the autism spectrum that may limit artmaking. Here, the author examines specific behaviors and symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), from both a psychological and developmental perspective.…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Art Therapy, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Clacherty, Glynis – Global Studies of Childhood, 2021
Artbooks, which are a combined form of picture and story book created using mixed media, can be a simple yet powerful way of supporting children affected by war and displacement to tell their stories. They allow children to work through the creative arts, which protects them from being overwhelmed by difficult memories. They also allow, even very…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Coping, Picture Books, Childrens Literature
Crowley Ciucci, Abbien; Heffner-Solimeo, Hope – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2018
This brief report discusses an art therapy group for parents and caregivers of pediatric oncology and bone marrow transplant patients at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Acknowledging the nuances of the caregiving experience, The Next Chapter uses altered bookmaking as a supportive intervention for parents and caregivers during inpatient…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Books, Art Activities, Caregivers
Keogh, Katharina; Creaven, Ann-Marie – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2017
In this study we tested whether drawing and coloring influence cardiovascular recovery and perceived stress following exposure to a stressor. In a mixed experimental design, participants (N = 62) completed an acute stress task before being randomly assigned to one of three brief activities: free-form drawing (full creative control), coloring…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Intervention, Human Body, Art Activities
Pickard, Beth – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2020
This article reflects upon the process, the challenges and the opportunities realised in the recent revalidation activity of an undergraduate degree programme in Creative and Therapeutic Arts (CTA) in the UK. The premise of the revalidation activity and the historical context of the course are briefly encapsulated, before engaging with theoretical…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Therapy, Undergraduate Study, College Curriculum
Heiney, Sue P.; Darr-Hope, Heidi; Meriwether, Marian P.; Adams, Swann Arp – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2017
The benefits of using art in health care, especially with cancer patients, have been described anecdotally. However, few manuscripts include a conceptual framework to describe the evaluation of patient programs. This paper describes patients' evaluation of a healing arts program developed within a hospital for cancer patients that used art-making,…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Products, Medical Care Evaluation, Patients
Snir, Sharon; Regev, Dafna; Shaashua, Yifat Hana – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2017
In this study, we examined the relationships between the attachment dimensions of anxiety and avoidance and participant reactions to using a range of art materials typically employed in art therapy. Participants (N = 409) engaged in art making with one of five materials: markers, oil pastels, gouache paint, finger paint, or clay. It was expected…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior, Art Therapy, Art Activities
Rufo, David – Art Education, 2017
Art therapists use pictorial image making to help patients communicate feelings through creative expression and cope with traumatic experiences through the artistic processes (Ulman, 2001). With children, art therapy is used as a way to discern their emotional states and determine their relationships to the external world (Edwards, 2008). However,…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Mathematics Anxiety, Creativity, Grade 5
Nicholson, Stephanie Paige – Online Submission, 2018
The purpose of this study was to investigate how nature-inspired art education might foster a sense of connectedness and collaboration in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (hereinafter knows as ASD) in a day program. While many studies have uncovered such beneficial art education for children with ASD, there has been little research attempted…
Descriptors: Adults, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Art Education
Steinhardt, Lenore – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2017
In this article I describe an art-based procedure with a gradual sequence of drawing tasks that guides an art therapy client through graphic stages from point, to line, to plane. The client begins by making random dots, connecting them one to another with an unbroken line that reaches all the dots, perceiving abstract or figurative imagery in the…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Freehand Drawing, Art Activities, Color
Holt, Nicola J.; Furbert, Leah; Sweetingham, Emily – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2019
This research sought to replicate and extend work suggesting that coloring can reduce anxiety, asking whether coloring can improve cognitive performance. In 2 experiments, undergraduates (N = 47, N = 52) colored and participated in a control condition. Subjective and performance measures of mood and mindfulness were included: an implicit mood test…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Therapy, Anxiety, Undergraduate Students
Raffaelli, Teresa; Hartzell, Elizabeth – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2016
The goal of this systematic comparison of collage and drawing was to contribute to the sparse body of literature on the way individuals might respond to two materials commonly used in art therapy. Eight graduate and undergraduate university students who identified as non-artists completed two tasks, one using drawing materials and one using…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Therapy, Handicrafts, Freehand Drawing
Jahimiak, Sarah Anne Eikelberg – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Although art therapy has been used for over 100 years as an adjunctive treatment method for physical and mental health disorders, the research findings regarding the efficacy of this approach have been mixed and inconclusive. Reviews of the current literature on the efficacy of art therapy have noted the field lacks well-controlled studies.…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Art Activities, Intervention, Wellness