Art Making as a Component and Facilitator of Resiliency with Homeless Youth

Autor/inn/en	Prescott, Margaret V.; Sekendur, Banu; Bailey, Bryce; Hoshino, Janice
Titel	Art Making as a Component and Facilitator of Resiliency with Homeless Youth
Quelle	In: Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 25 (2008) 4, S.156-163 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0742-1656
Schlagwörter	Creativity; Homeless People; Creative Activities; Adolescents; Coping; Art Activities; Personality Traits; Correlation; Interviews; Freehand Drawing; Life Style; Arts Centers; Young Adults; Achievement; Program Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kreativität; Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Bewältigung; Künstlerische Tätigkeit; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Korrelation; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Drawing; Zeichnen; Lebensstil; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Performance; Leistung
Abstract	Homelessness among youth is a serious societal problem in the United States. Treatment efforts have approached the problem from a damage model that focuses on pathology and deficits instead of strengthening coping skills and resiliency. This study utilized both quantitative (N=212) and qualitative (n=3) measures to examine the function of creativity and art making with respect to resiliency in homeless youth who were attending a drop-in art center. Quantitative methods identified a strong correlation between an individual's engagement in creative activity and his or her life achievement. Individual stories derived from interviews and drawings illustrate how participants valued the role of art in making healthy lifestyle choices. Creativity may be a critical component of resiliency in the lives of homeless youth. (Contains 5 figures and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10