ERIC Number: EJ1425404
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-0300-4430
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Creative Arts Intervention for a Firstborn Child during the Transition to Siblinghood: A Chinese Case Study
Shiqi Fang; Xia Bian; Yuejia Chen
Early Child Development and Care, v194 n4 p524-545 2024
The fertility policy liberalization in China has meant that many firstborn children are stressed by a newborn sibling's arrival. This case study explores creative arts intervention as an innovative stress management approach to alleviate a Chinese girl's maladaptive reactions during her transition to siblinghood. A weekly 17-session tailored creative arts program used diverse art forms for self-exploration, emotion regulation, and family dynamics reconstruction in stages. The study employed an AB single-case design and utilized a mixed-methods approach for data collection. The results demonstrated that the child's maladjustment appeared closely tied to the cultural context of Chinese families. Creative arts intervention effectively improved the child's emotion regulation, family involvement, and social confidence as well as sibling warmth and managing jealousy. This case offers culturally situated insights to guide future child-centred, arts-based transition support research in Chinese families undergoing rapid structural shifts.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Birth Order, Sibling Relationship, Siblings, Family Relationship, Art Therapy, Self Concept, Emotional Adjustment, Stress Management, Psychological Patterns, Cultural Context, Kindergarten, Females, Young Children, Asian Culture
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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