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Effects of Expressive Art Therapy Applied to Earthquake Victims Who Have Experienced Loss
Sponsor: Merve Kızılırmak Tatu
Summary
Earthquakes can negatively affect individuals' mental health by creating serious traumatic effects on individual and societal levels. Traumatic experiences such as losing one's home or workplace, being injured, or losing a loved one cause individuals to develop long-term psychological symptoms. In this context, strengthening psychosocial support programs aimed at coping with psychological and social problems after an earthquake is of great importance. In this study, the effect of expressive art therapy applied to individuals who experienced losses due to the earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş on psychological symptoms and post-traumatic growth was examined.
Official title: Effects of Expressive Art Therapy Applied to Earthquake Victims Who Have Experienced Loss on Psychological Symptoms and Post-Traumatic Growth: A Randomized Controlled Study
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
42
Start Date
2024-06-15
Completion Date
2025-06-15
Last Updated
2025-06-08
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Expressive Art Therapy
As a strategy for coping with trauma, art production creates therapeutic effects on the individual with its sensory and physical aspects (Chapman, 2013; King-West and Hass-Cohen, 2008). When verbal expression is insufficient or carries the risk of re-traumatization, expressive art therapy offers a safe space through non-verbal expression (Talwar, 2007). It is stated that art production is effective in repairing self-integrity ruptures that occur in traumatic experiences (Harris, 2009). Through creative processes, the individual can restructure both internally and externally. Expressive art therapy, especially when applied in a group environment, creates a psychotherapeutic effect by providing participants with the opportunity to express their emotions, imagination and unconscious processes (Malchiodi, 2012; Kim et al., 2021). The commitment and reflective understanding that occur in group psychotherapy are among the factors that give hope and strength (Robb, 2017).
Locations (1)
Gazi University
Ankara, ÇANKAYA, Turkey (Türkiye)