Online Self-Help Art Therapy-Based Tasks during COVID-19: Qualitative Study

This qualitative study explored how online individual art-therapy based (ATB) self-help tasks could support international students during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Twenty-two students participated in 7 weekly online asynchronous sessions that included both art-making and reflecting writing. Em...

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Published in:Art therapy 2022-01, Vol.39 (2), p.91-97
Main Authors: Geréb Valachiné, Zsuzsanna, Karsai, Szilvia A, Dancsik, Adél, de Oliveira Negrão, Raissa, Fitos, Michelle M, Cserjési, Renáta
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Art Therapy
College Students
Coping
COVID-19
Creative writing
Emotional Response
Foreign Countries
Foreign Students
Pandemics
Qualitative research
Reflection
School Closing
Self Control
Self help
Self Help Programs
Social Isolation
Student Needs
Telemedicine
Well Being
Writing (Composition)
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Summary:This qualitative study explored how online individual art-therapy based (ATB) self-help tasks could support international students during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Twenty-two students participated in 7 weekly online asynchronous sessions that included both art-making and reflecting writing. Emergent themes included: (1) frustration of isolation, (2) loss of control, and (3) support (nature, transpersonal, attachment). Implications of the study offer preliminary evidence that when there is not a possibility for an in-person or real-time encounter, ATB self-help tasks may be a source of coping.
ISSN:0742-1656
2159-9394
DOI:10.1080/07421656.2021.1976023