A Week in Your Shoes: The Impacts of a Visual Art Program Informed by Clinical Art Therapy With Adolescents in a School Setting

Jessica Bianchi

A Week in Your Shoes: The Impacts of a Visual Art Program Informed by Clinical Art Therapy With Adolescents in a School Setting

Marital and Family Therapy with Specialized Training in Art Therapy

Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis

Abstract

This study looked at the impact of a weeklong visual art program informed by clinical art therapy on empathy development with two groups of adolescents in their school setting. The study used a mixed-methods approach to uncover any quantitative change in empathy as well as identify emergent themes seen through qualitative data. Quantitative outcomes indicated no change in empathy development as seen through analysis of a survey measure. Qualitative analysis uncovered several key findings seen through observations, participant interviews, and visual art data; most specifically, participants illustrated beginning levels of empathy by way of increased self-awareness and several cognitive functions involved in empathy development.

Original language	English
Qualification	Doctorate in Education
Awarding Institution	Loyola Marymount University
Supervisors/Advisors	Huchting, Karen, Dissertation Chair Linesch, Debra, Committee Member
State	Published - Mar 18 2016

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http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/195

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