Art and Migraine: Researching the Relationship between Artmaking and Pain Experience

Autor/inn/en	Vick, Randy M.; Sexton-Radek, Kathy
Titel	Art and Migraine: Researching the Relationship between Artmaking and Pain Experience
Quelle	In: Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 22 (2005) 4, S.193-204 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0742-1656
Schlagwörter	Art Therapy; Art Materials; Art Activities; Pain; Attitude Measures; Symptoms (Individual Disorders) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kunsttherapie; Künstlerische Tätigkeit; Schmerz; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	This research project extends a previous study (Vick & Sexton-Radek, 1999) in examining the relationship between artmaking and pain among 127 migraine sufferers. A basic overview of migraine symptoms and treatment is presented along with a discussion of concepts relating to "migraine art" in order to provide a context for this project. Surveys dealing with headache history, pain experience, and artmaking practices were mailed to 371 participants in a national migraine art competition; both quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed. Participants reported that artmaking was more likely to trigger headaches than to alleviate them and that both the quantity and quality of studio work declined during headache episodes. In addition, participants identified numerous art materials and practices that they felt precipitated migraines and noted avoidance strategies they used to manage their headaches. The implications of these counterintuitive findings for art therapy practice are discussed. (Contains 4 tables and 3 figures.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10