Art and Art Therapy with the Imprisoned by Gussak David;

Author:Gussak, David; [Неизв.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CAM)
Published: 2019-06-14T20:00:00+00:00

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The research literature for art therapy in prison has since been expanding to include quantitative and qualitative inquiries. For example, Smeijsters Kil, Kurstjens, Welten, and Willemars presented their results in (2011) of the first phase of their research project to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of the arts therapies—specifically art, dance/movement, music, and drama—with youthful offenders in the Netherlands. The practice-based evidence that emerged from the naturalistic/constructivist research and grounded theory revealed that the interventions were instrumental in changing what they identified as the core problems with this population: “self-image, with expressing and discharging emotions, the inability to resolve interpersonal problems and finally, negative cognitions” (p. 41). Ferszt et al. (2004) relied on pre and post interviews of eight incarcerated women who took part in art therapy services to ascertain its effectiveness in mitigating their grief over the death of a loved one. Person’s 2009 article detailed the phenomenological approach to understanding the psychological needs of 46 delinquent incarcerated boys after receiving art therapy services for almost three years.

In 2005 Hartz and Thick developed a quasi-experimental study to ascertain not only the effectiveness of art therapy on the self-esteem of 27 female juvenile offenders, but to determine if there was any difference between those that received art psychotherapy and art as therapy. Relying on the results of the post-treatment application of the Harter Adolescent Self-Perception Profile (1988), they recognized that while there was statistically heightened improvement in behavioral conduct and in their ability to develop close friendships for those receiving art psychotherapy, and statistically greater improvement in social acceptance for those in art as therapy groups, all participants demonstrated marked improvement in global self-worth.

In 2017, Qiu, Ye, Liang, Huang, Liu, and Lu’s randomized, longitudinal experimental study concluded that participating in the creative arts therapies was beneficial for prison inmates from two prisons on Mainland China, particularly those with schizophrenia. Specifically, their findings revealed that those who took part in an “art brut therapy program” demonstrated a “decrease in anxiety, depression and anger” (p. 1069) and were ultimately more compliant with unit rules, were more social, compliant with medication, and developed better sleeping patterns. Ultimately, the 60 inmates that received the 16 weeks of services demonstrated a greater level of improvement than those in the control group. In 2018, Saita, Accordini, and Fenaroli explored the effects of phototherapy on the emotional intelligence [EI] of inmates in minimum and protective custodies in an Italian prison. What they discovered was that those in minimum custody did indeed demonstrate greater EI, yet those in protective custody demonstrated an increase in depressive symptoms. They concluded that this was because taking part in the sessions increased their awareness of their circumstances.

One of the most recent book publications, Rothwell’s Forensic Art Therapies: Anthology of Practice and Research (2016), provided a collection of papers presented at various Forensic Arts Therapies Advisory Group conferences on the effectiveness of the arts therapies and other non-traditional approaches with forensic populations, including art, music, drama, dance and movement, sand tray, play, and story-telling.

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