Bibliotherapy for youth and adolescents—School-based application and research

McCulliss, Debbie; Chamberlain, David

doi:10.1080/08893675.2013.764052

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“…127 Bibliotherapy is used in school setting (from primary to high school) to foster social and emotional growth, offering the opportunity to find a deeper understanding of self, solutions to personal problems and enhanced self-image. 128,129 Finally, as demonstrated by the worldwide success of selfhelp manuals, bibliotherapy could be a helpful resource to reduce unhealthy food habits for the prevention or treatment of obesity, as well as in supporting who want to quit smoking or other addictions both in young people and adults. [130][131][132] Limitations of this work are mainly due to the initial design of the study, representing an exploratory work that found few on-field experiences concerning the use of narrative-based strategies to promote health and wellbeing among schoolchildren.…”

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Children’s literature to promote students’ global development and wellbeing

Pulimeno

Piscitelli

Colazzo

2020

Health Promot Perspect

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Background: Tales were transmitted from one generation to another, enriching young people with values, beliefs, imagination and creativity. Children’s literature still plays a crucial part in education as it provides knowledge and entertainment, representing a typical example of"edutainment". In this paper, we carried out a review to examine pedagogic, didactic and psychological/therapeutic dimensions of children’s literature, with the aim of highlighting its role in promoting students’ holistic development and wellbeing. Methods: We have searched for original articles (from 1960s to 2019), by using the following keywords: "fairytales" or "fairy tales" or "folktales" or "fables" AND "education" or"development" or "learning" or "teaching" or "school" or "curriculum" or "classroom" AND"children" or "child" or "kids" or "childhood" AND "health" or "wellbeing". Results: We found 17 studies concerning pedagogic aspect of children literature, while 21 and17 studies were selected for didactic and therapeutic dimensions, respectively. From a pedagogic point of view, tales convey basic values useful for children lives. In a didactic perspective, properly chosen storybooks represent a valuable resource for school activities, improving students’ language skills and building up a friendly/respectful classroom environment. Children stories are also used by health professionals for therapeutic purposes (bibliotherapy) to prevent unhealthy habits and addictions, or address psychosomatic disorders. Finally, storybooks and web-based/digital stories can be an effective vehicle for health contents, to encourage the adoption of healthy lifestyles among schoolchildren. Conclusion: Children’s literature and storytelling could be helpful in promoting students’ global development and wellbeing, when included in school curricular activities.

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Children’s literature to promote students’ global development and wellbeing

Pulimeno

Piscitelli

Colazzo

2020

Health Promot Perspect

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“…Bibliotherapy may also be a useful, innovative, tool to use with younger children with established efficacy in various contexts (Paparoussi et al . ; McCulliss & Chamberlain ). Bibliotherapy allows children to identify with characters in a story, thereby providing a non‐threatening opportunity to explore a range of thoughts and feelings towards a particular topic (Rozalski et al .…”

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Supporting children facing a parent's cancer diagnosis: a systematic review of children's psychosocial needs and existing interventions

Ellis

Wakefield

Antill³

et al. 2016

Eur J Cancer Care

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This review aimed to (1) summarise the psychosocial needs of children/adolescents (0-18 years) with a parent with cancer across the illness trajectory (diagnosis to bereavement) and (2) evaluate existing interventions for this population. Medline, CINAHL, PsychInfo, EMBASE and Social Work Abstracts were systematically searched for articles published from 1985 to 2015. Of 98 full text articles retrieved, 12 reported on children's psychosocial needs, and 12 intervention studies were identified. Each article was appraised in accordance with the Mixed Method Appraisal Tool. Three factors emerged as critical to consider in future intervention development: (1) Children need age-appropriate information about their parent's cancer; (2) Children require support communicating with parents, family members and health professionals and (3) Children need an environment where they feel comfortable sharing positive/negative emotions and can have their experiences normalised among peers. All intervention studies reported at least one positive outcome, however, only five reported significant improvements in child/family functioning based on validated quantitative measure/s. Variability in study design and quality, combined with considerable heterogeneity in intervention characteristics and outcome variables limited the conclusions, which could be drawn. Therefore, further carefully designed and scientifically evaluated interventions for children facing a parent's cancer diagnosis are clearly warranted.

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“…Research into the therapeutic use of fictional literature, poetry and prose with adolescents has indicated bibliotherapy to be effective in helping young people to cope with a wide variety of stressors (McCulliss & Chamberlain, 2013). Following a systematic review of the school-based bibliotherapy literature, McCulliss & Chamberlain (2013) assert that there is good evidence that bibliotherapy is beneficial for fostering empathy and understanding. In their search of the literature, four health databases were used to identify 59 papers, 50 of which met criteria for inclusion in the review.…”

Section: Bibliotherapy Researchmentioning

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Reading and writing for well‐being: A qualitative exploration of the therapeutic experience of older adult participants in a bibliotherapy and creative writing group

Malyn

Thomas

Ramsey-Wade

2020

Couns and Psychother Res

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This study provides a qualitative exploration of the therapeutic mechanisms occurring within three community-based reading and writing for well-being groups, primarily attended by older adults, located in a large city in England. It is increasingly accepted that community-based participatory arts programmes can contribute to health and well-being (Clift, 2012). However, research in this area has tended to focus on the visual and performing arts, with less attention given to literary interventions. Additionally, whilst the concept of bibliotherapy stretches back centuries, writings on this topic have been predominantly anecdotal and the research literature is thin (Detrixhe, 2010). This study aims to develop a deeper understanding of the therapeutic mechanisms occurring within these groups which facilitate well-being, with the objectives of: 1) enhancing practitioners' ability to effectively implement such interventions, and 2) contributing to the development of a strong theoretical base from which such interventions can be meaningfully evaluated. Twelve individual, semi-structured interviews were conducted for this study and analysed using thematic analysis, following the guidelines of Braun & Clarke (2006). Four overarching themes were developed through the analysis, which are expressed through a relational framework. These include: 'Relationship to self', 'Relationship with others', 'Relationship to facilitator' and 'An intermediary object'. It is concluded that, whilst some of the therapeutic processes are similar to those occurring in other community-based participatory arts programmes, additional key processes are related to unique features of the literary arts, as well as the facilitator's group design, training, and way of relating.

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Bibliotherapy for youth and adolescents—School-based application and research

Cited by 42 publications

References 67 publications

Children’s literature to promote students’ global development and wellbeing

Children’s literature to promote students’ global development and wellbeing

Supporting children facing a parent's cancer diagnosis: a systematic review of children's psychosocial needs and existing interventions

Reading and writing for well‐being: A qualitative exploration of the therapeutic experience of older adult participants in a bibliotherapy and creative writing group

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