The Use of Expressive Arts Therapy in Understanding Psychological Issues of Juvenile Delinquency

Abstract

This phenomenological research design of qualitative study was conducted to understand the experiences of creative relationship during Expressive Arts Therapy group counseling session. A total of seven girls between the ages of 12-18 years who have been involved in juvenile delinquent behaviors were selected using purposive sampling groups. Interviews, observations and document analysis were conducted for data collection. Validity and reliability of the process were done through triangulation, peer review and audit trail. Data analysis was made to give overall meaning, meaning of discrimination unit, initial transfer of meaning units, transfer units psychological meaning, structure of individual psychology, and general psychological structure. The results showed that there are some psychological issues that have to be shared and expressed by all subjects in the study. The study participants shared their feelings such as anger, revenge, hatred, guilt and regret, disappointment and sadness, rebellious, begging for affection, looking for happiness, satisfaction and enjoyment of life, issues of low self-esteem and other issues concerning trauma and emotional disorders that have been experienced in their lives. In conclusion, this study provides some implications in terms of techniques and practices of counseling in Malaysia and the need for further research.

Impact of Integrated Arts Therapy: An Intervention Program for Young Female Offenders in Correctional Institution

“…The SDQ and CD results supported the assumption that a developed Integrated Arts Therapy Program might be effective to encourage prosocial behavior in the adolescent female offenders in the correctional facility supporting qualitatively revealed benefits of applied integrated arts approaches (Emerson & Sherlton, 2001;Lazzari et al, 2005) and integrated arts therapies (Mohamad & Mohamad, 2014) among young female offenders. Also, the increase in prosocial behavior identified through this research links with DeCarlo and Hockman's (2004) study showing benefits of music (rap) program as a tool for advancing prosocial behavior among delinquent and non-delinquent adolescents.…”

“…The existing literature offers little support for the use of integrated arts therapy in correctional institution among juvenile offenders: A main focus on the benefits of mental health and well-being of participants ran through the qualitative studies among males (McMackin et al, 2002) and among females (Mohamad & Mohamad, 2014) in the group context.…”

Effects Of Integrated Arts Therapy Intervention In Youngsters At Risk For Delinquency

“…These results are consistent with previous indicating that art therapy (Goodkind & Miller, 2006;Persons, 2009), music therapy (Baker & Homan, 2007), arts therapies (Adibah et al, 2015;McMackin et al, 2002;Mohamad & Mohamad, 2014), and arts-based programs (Ezell & Levy, 2003) for juvenile delinquents and for youngsters of risk of delinquency (Cortina & Fazel, 2015) can improve the emotional wellbeing of the participants. Nonetheless, the present findings specified results in this area showing that the trend of improvement in the participants' emotional wellbeing occurred over time by intervention in connection with positive/negative general and momentary mood.…”

“…There are positive attempts -in the qualitative research context, to use the multi-modal arts therapy programs in youth correctional settings (Emerson & Sherlton, 2001), in the context of group counselling of delinquent youth (Mohamad & Mohamad, 2014;Adibah, Marzety, & Zakaria, 2015), and in the group-based play therapy activities with risk adolescents (Perryman et al, 2015).…”

Establishing Nursing Guideline for Nurses Caring With Haematemsis Patients Undergoing Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

“…The relation between sociodemographic data and practice level (during), the result represents that there was no statistically significant difference between practice level (during procedure) and age, experience in endoscopy and level of education. In the same line Abd EL-Hakeim (2005) (15) who stated that, there was no statistically significant difference between level of education and experience practice level (during procedure).…”