Supporting Children Living with Chronic Medical Conditions Through Empathetic Art.
Empathy has been shown to reduce stress for children coping with healthcare experiences. This descriptive study explored the ability of professional artists to express empathy through paintings created for children with chronic medical conditions. Aims included (1) to artistically describe children...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 29; no. 8; pp. 2218 - 2234 |
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Springer Nature
Aug2020
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=144498905&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 144498905 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10621024 JFM jtl: Journal of Child & Family Studies issn: 10621024 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2020 vid: 29 iid: 8 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 144498905 10.1007/s10826-020-01738-w ppf: 2218 ppct: 16 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 708KB tig: atl: Supporting Children Living with Chronic Medical Conditions Through Empathetic Art. aug: au: Rollins, Judy Rollins, Christine Boocks, Lori Anne Sitz, Terry affil: Georgetown University School of Medicine, 1406 28th Street NW, 20007, Washington, DC, USA Fairfax County Public Schools, Falls Church, VA, USA Lori Anne Boocks Artist, Germantown, MD, USA Terry Sitz Artist, LLC, Silver Spring, MD, USA su: Chronic diseases Emotions Empathy Interviewing Quality of life Psychological stress Quantitative research Social support Well-being Art therapy Grounded theory Heart rate monitoring Research methodology Visual analog scale Pre-tests & post-tests Severity of illness index sug: subj: Chronic diseases Emotions Empathy Interviewing Quality of life Psychological stress Quantitative research Social support Well-being Other Individual and Family Services Art therapy Grounded theory Heart rate monitoring Research methodology Visual analog scale Pre-tests & post-tests Severity of illness index keyword: Arts in health Children with chronic conditions Arts in health Children with chronic conditions ab: Empathy has been shown to reduce stress for children coping with healthcare experiences. This descriptive study explored the ability of professional artists to express empathy through paintings created for children with chronic medical conditions. Aims included (1) to artistically describe children with serious chronic medical conditions; (2) to capture the children's responses to a personal empathetic art piece; (3) to explore the ability of an intervention using the artwork to reduce heart rate and improve children's present functioning quality of life (QOL); and (4) to determine the meaning of the experience for the artists. This grounded theory study used a mixed methods design that included interview, observation, art making, heart rate, and PedsQL™ Present Functioning VAS. Two artists created paintings for eight children (ages 10–19 years) following a one-time interview. Quantitative measures were taken pre- and post-debriefing/art therapy intervention. Artistic descriptions reflected the children as being more than their chronic medical conditions. Children acknowledged feeling that they had been heard. Reduction in heart rate was statistically significant (p = 0.025, at p < 0.05). PedsQL™ VAS scores indicated a trend toward improved present functioning QOL (p = 0.0667). Study participation was both meaningful and stressful for the artists. Findings support the emergent theory that professional artists who can listen with an empathetic ear and then express empathy through their art can help humanize pediatric healthcare and increase flourishing for children with chronic medical conditions. Highlights: Empathetic art helped children feel seen, heard, and acknowledged as being more than their chronic medical conditions. Children showed a trend toward improved present functioning quality of life from the experience of being empathized with through paintings created for them. For artists, study participation was both meaningful and stressful. Artists can make significant contributions to psychosocial support for children with chronic medical conditions. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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