Exploring Veterans' Military Stress Experiences and Coping Mechanisms Through Draw-and-Tell.

This study explores veterans' coping mechanisms related to stressful and traumatic military experiences through their responses to a draw-and-tell task using qualitative analysis. The findings described four main themes: (1) organizing chaos, (2) communicating emotional impact, (3) visualizing traum...

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Publicado en:Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 55 - 68
Autores principales: Shalev, Or, Bat Or, Michal, Huss, Ephrat
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2026
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