Evaluation of “Colorful Life”: A Multi-Addiction Expressive Arts Intervention Program for Adolescents of Addicted Parents and Parents with Addiction

This study evaluated an expressive arts intervention program (“Colorful Life”) for adolescents with addicted parents and parents with addiction in Hong Kong. Different evaluation strategies were employed. Objective outcome evaluation adopting a one group pretest-posttest design showed positive chang...

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Published in:International journal of mental health and addiction 2018-12, Vol.16 (6), p.1343-1356
Main Authors: Leung, Hildie, Shek, Daniel T. L., Yu, Lu, Wu, Florence K. Y., Law, Moon Y. M., Chan, Elda M. L., Lo, Camilla K. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Alcohol
Art therapy
Behavior
Children & youth
Community and Environmental Psychology
Drug addiction
Drug use
Emotions
Families & family life
Health Psychology
Intervention
Males
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental disorders
Original
Original Article
Parents & parenting
Prevention
Problem solving
Psychiatry
Psychology
Public Health
Questionnaires
Rehabilitation
Social workers
Substance abuse treatment
Substance use disorder
Teenagers
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Summary:This study evaluated an expressive arts intervention program (“Colorful Life”) for adolescents with addicted parents and parents with addiction in Hong Kong. Different evaluation strategies were employed. Objective outcome evaluation adopting a one group pretest-posttest design showed positive changes in adolescents’ ( N  = 43) beliefs about addiction. Both adolescents’ and parents’ ( N  = 21) psychosocial competencies were enhanced post-intervention. Subjective outcome evaluation from both adolescent ( N  = 47) and parent ( N  = 22) groups showed positive perceptions of the program content, implementers, and achievement of program objectives. Findings provided preliminary evidence to support and yielded practical implications for the adoption of the multi-addiction syndrome model, positive youth development, and expressive arts approaches in the development of interventions for high-risk adolescents and addictive parents.
ISSN:1557-1874
1557-1882
DOI:10.1007/s11469-018-9899-3