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Cecile Rousseau - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Creative Expression workshops in school prevention programs for immigrant and refugee children
The Canadian child and adolescent psychiatry review = La revue canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, 2005Co-Authors: Cecile Rousseau, Louise Lacroix, Abha Singh, Mariefrance Gauthier, Maryse BenoitAbstract:INTRODUCTION Immigrant and refugee families underutilize mental health services and schools are in a good position to develop prevention programs to help children adapt to their new environment. METHOD The transcultural psychiatry team at the Montreal Children's Hospital, in partnership with schools, has implemented Creative Expression workshops for kindergarten, elementary schools, and high school to help the children bridge the gap between past and present, culture of origin and host society. RESULTS The workshops provide a safe space for Expression, acknowledge and value diversity, allow the establishment of continuity, and facilitate the transformation of adversity. CONCLUSION Refugee and immigrant children's needs should be addressed through intersectoral programs that target exclusion and support a sense of agency.
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evaluation of a classroom program of Creative Expression workshops for refugee and immigrant children
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005Co-Authors: Cecile Rousseau, Deogratia Bagilishya, Louise Lacroix, Aline Drapeau, Nicole HeuschAbstract:Objective: This evaluative study assessed the effect of a Creative Expression program designed to prevent emotional and behavioral problems and to enhance self-esteem in immigrant and refugee children attending multiethnic schools. Method: The 12-week program involved 138 children, aged 7 to 13, registered in both integration classes designed for immigrant children and regular classes at two elementary schools. Pretest and posttest data were collected from the children themselves and from their teacher. Teachers used Achenbach's Teacher's Report Form to assess the emotional and behavioral symptoms of their pupils whereas children self-reported their symptoms with the Dominic, a computerized questionnaire. Self-esteem was measured with the Piers-Harris Self-Concept Scale administered by interviewers to the children. Results: At the end of the program, the children in the experimental groups reported lower mean levels of internalizing and externalizing symptoms and higher mean levels of feelings of popularity and satisfaction than the children in the control groups, when controlling for baseline data. In integration classes, the effect on self-esteem was especially notable in boys. The intervention's effect on internalizing and externalizing symptoms was not modified by gender, age or fluency in the mainstream language. Conclusion: The study provides some evidence that Creative workshops in the classroom can have a beneficial effect on the self-esteem and symptomatology of immigrant and refugee children from various cultures and backgrounds. These quantitative results support previous qualitative analysis showing that the workshops participate in the reconstruction of a meaningful personal world while simultaneously strengthening the link of the child to the group. They also transform the teachers’ perceptions of newcomers by placing an emphasis on their strength and their resilience, while not negating their vulnerabilities.
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Creative Expression workshops for immigrant and refugee children
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2004Co-Authors: Cecile Rousseau, Louise Lacroix, Abha Singh, Toby Measham, Michael S JellinekAbstract:Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - Vol. 43 - N° 2 - p. 235-238
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working with myths Creative Expression workshops for immigrant and refugee children in a school setting
Art Therapy, 2003Co-Authors: Cecile Rousseau, A Louise T Lacroix, Deogratia Bagilishya, A Nicole T HeuschAbstract:A follow-up to a previous study, this paper describes Creative Expression workshops using myth to facilitate storytelling and drawing activities for recently arrived immigrant and refugee children....
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the trip a Creative Expression project for refugee and immigrant children
Art Therapy, 2000Co-Authors: Cecile Rousseau, Nicole HeuschAbstract:This program, designed for a multiethnic classroom setting, uses drawing and storytelling to help immigrant and refugee children build bridges between the past and the future by attaching meaning to experience. Three main themes—family, friends, and myths— run through the children's work. The family represents continuity of attachments and values, friends make up the human environment of the host country, and myths of the homeland seem to provide a framework for experiences and emotions. Expression of these themes appears to indicate not only that these factors can protect against psychological distress, but also the children's ability to adjust to existence in a bicultural world. On the other hand, the time sequence analysis of the stories suggests that an absence of solid ties to the past prevents children from imagining a future for themselves.
Nicole Heusch - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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evaluation of a classroom program of Creative Expression workshops for refugee and immigrant children
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005Co-Authors: Cecile Rousseau, Deogratia Bagilishya, Louise Lacroix, Aline Drapeau, Nicole HeuschAbstract:Objective: This evaluative study assessed the effect of a Creative Expression program designed to prevent emotional and behavioral problems and to enhance self-esteem in immigrant and refugee children attending multiethnic schools. Method: The 12-week program involved 138 children, aged 7 to 13, registered in both integration classes designed for immigrant children and regular classes at two elementary schools. Pretest and posttest data were collected from the children themselves and from their teacher. Teachers used Achenbach's Teacher's Report Form to assess the emotional and behavioral symptoms of their pupils whereas children self-reported their symptoms with the Dominic, a computerized questionnaire. Self-esteem was measured with the Piers-Harris Self-Concept Scale administered by interviewers to the children. Results: At the end of the program, the children in the experimental groups reported lower mean levels of internalizing and externalizing symptoms and higher mean levels of feelings of popularity and satisfaction than the children in the control groups, when controlling for baseline data. In integration classes, the effect on self-esteem was especially notable in boys. The intervention's effect on internalizing and externalizing symptoms was not modified by gender, age or fluency in the mainstream language. Conclusion: The study provides some evidence that Creative workshops in the classroom can have a beneficial effect on the self-esteem and symptomatology of immigrant and refugee children from various cultures and backgrounds. These quantitative results support previous qualitative analysis showing that the workshops participate in the reconstruction of a meaningful personal world while simultaneously strengthening the link of the child to the group. They also transform the teachers’ perceptions of newcomers by placing an emphasis on their strength and their resilience, while not negating their vulnerabilities.
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the trip a Creative Expression project for refugee and immigrant children
Art Therapy, 2000Co-Authors: Cecile Rousseau, Nicole HeuschAbstract:This program, designed for a multiethnic classroom setting, uses drawing and storytelling to help immigrant and refugee children build bridges between the past and the future by attaching meaning to experience. Three main themes—family, friends, and myths— run through the children's work. The family represents continuity of attachments and values, friends make up the human environment of the host country, and myths of the homeland seem to provide a framework for experiences and emotions. Expression of these themes appears to indicate not only that these factors can protect against psychological distress, but also the children's ability to adjust to existence in a bicultural world. On the other hand, the time sequence analysis of the stories suggests that an absence of solid ties to the past prevents children from imagining a future for themselves.
Aiping Yang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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effects of Creative Expression therapy for older adults with mild cognitive impairment at risk of alzheimer s disease a randomized controlled clinical trial
Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2018Co-Authors: Junyu Zhao, Rong Lin, Yuan Wei, Aiping YangAbstract:Objective Elderly people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) are at high risk for dementia. This study compared the effects of standard cognitive training with a Creative Expression (CrExp) program. Methods Adult patients with MCI aged 60 years and older (N=93) were randomly assigned to either CrExp therapy (n=48) or a control group who received standard cognitive training (n=45) for 16 weeks. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Chinese Version of the Auditory Verbal Learning Test, Chinese Version of the Category Verbal Fluency Test, Digit Span Test, Trail Making Test, Chinese Version of Activities of Daily Living scale, and Memory Satisfaction Questionnaire were used to measure cognitive functioning and daily living abilities. Assessments were administered at baseline, postintervention, and 6 months follow-up. Results At postintervention, patients receiving CrExp therapy scored significantly higher than patients receiving standard cognitive training, in general cognitive functioning, memory, executive function, functional status, and everyday living ability. The improvements in cognitive functioning were maintained at the 6 month follow-up. Conclusion CrExp therapy has greater positive effects on cognitive functions and daily living ability than standard cognitive training. This unique therapy may serve as a cost-effective adjunct to standard interventions for older adults with mild cognitive impairment.
Kennon M Sheldon - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the life and death of creativity the effects of mortality salience on self versus social directed Creative Expression
Motivation and Emotion, 2008Co-Authors: Clay Routledge, Jamie Arndt, Matthew Vess, Kennon M SheldonAbstract:Research in terror management theory suggests that our connections to others function, in part, to provide protection from the anxiety associated with the awareness of inevitable death. The individuating nature of Creative Expression can potentially undermine these connections, making creativity particularly problematic when one is dealing with mortality concerns. Consistent with this, a number of findings have elucidated emotional consequences associated with creativity when mortality concerns are active. However, to date, research has not focused on how mortality awareness may impact levels of creativity. The present study assessed the hypothesis that mortality concerns will inhibit Creative behavior that threatens social connections but will not undermine and may even facilitate Creative behavior that bolsters social connections. The results showed that amplified concerns about mortality decreased creativity when the act was self-directed but not when it was community-directed. Theoretical implications and future directions are discussed.
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illuminating the dark side of Creative Expression assimilation needs and the consequences of Creative action following mortality salience
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2005Co-Authors: Jamie Arndt, Clay Routledge, Jeff Greenberg, Kennon M SheldonAbstract:Previous research indicates that mortality salience and Creative behavior combine to increase feelings of guilt, presumably over the disruption to social connection elicited by the call for innovative Expression. The present studies examined whether satiating assimilation motives by highlighting conformity to others reduces this effect (Study 1) and facilitates positive psychological engagement (Study 2). Study 1 used a 2 (conformity vs. neutral feedback)x2 (mortality salience vs. control)x2 (Creative task vs. nonCreative task) design and had participants complete a self-report measure of guilt. Study 2 used a 2 (mortality salience vs. control)x2 (other goal task vs. self-goal task) design, and after a creativity exercise, had participants complete measures of positive mood, vitality, and Creative problem solving. Results indicated attending to assimilation needs reduced the elevated guilt that follows the juxtaposition of mortality salience and Creative behavior and also increased a sense of positive engagement. Implications are briefly discussed.
Junyu Zhao - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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effects of Creative Expression program on the event related potential and task reaction time of elderly with mild cognitive impairment
International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2021Co-Authors: Junyu Zhao, Rong Lin, Minzhi Xie, Yinzhou Wang, Huiying ChenAbstract:Abstract Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a 16-week Creative Expression intervention program (CrExp) on the event-related potential (ERP) and task reaction time (RT) in older individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Methods This study is a randomized controlled clinical trial conducted in the Memory Center of Fujian Provincial hospital. Thirty-six MCI patients were randomly distributed into two groups. One group underwent a 16-week Creative Expression program (CrExp, n = 18) and the other performed as a control group (CG, n = 18) by general social activities. The amplitude and latency of event-related potential (ERP-P300) from the central (Cz), parietal (Pz), frontal (Fz) cortices and task reaction time (RT) were assessed at baseline, post-interventi on, and 24-week follow-up. Results The CrExp group showed greater differences than CG of P300 latency in Cz (F = 4.37, P = 0.015), Pz (F = 2.78, P = 0.009), Fz (F = 6.45, P = 0.031) brain area after 16 weeks of intervention and in Fz (F = 3.23, P = 0.028), Cz (F = 3.79, P = 0.024), and Pz (F = 5.60, P = 0.036) at 24 weeks follow-up. Also, we analyzed the task reaction time between two groups and found that a shorten reaction time at post-intervention (F = 4.47, P = 0.011) and 24 weeks follow-up (F = 3.12, P = 0.007) in the CrExp group. However, there was no difference in P300 amplitude in either brain area between the two groups. Conclusion The electrophysiological results of the Creative Expression cognitive therapy group were more obvious than those of the general cognitive therapy group, and the latency and task reaction time may be considered as supported parameters in diagnosing the effects during non-drug therapy intervention in clinical practice.
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effects of Creative Expression therapy for older adults with mild cognitive impairment at risk of alzheimer s disease a randomized controlled clinical trial
Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2018Co-Authors: Junyu Zhao, Rong Lin, Yuan Wei, Aiping YangAbstract:Objective Elderly people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) are at high risk for dementia. This study compared the effects of standard cognitive training with a Creative Expression (CrExp) program. Methods Adult patients with MCI aged 60 years and older (N=93) were randomly assigned to either CrExp therapy (n=48) or a control group who received standard cognitive training (n=45) for 16 weeks. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Chinese Version of the Auditory Verbal Learning Test, Chinese Version of the Category Verbal Fluency Test, Digit Span Test, Trail Making Test, Chinese Version of Activities of Daily Living scale, and Memory Satisfaction Questionnaire were used to measure cognitive functioning and daily living abilities. Assessments were administered at baseline, postintervention, and 6 months follow-up. Results At postintervention, patients receiving CrExp therapy scored significantly higher than patients receiving standard cognitive training, in general cognitive functioning, memory, executive function, functional status, and everyday living ability. The improvements in cognitive functioning were maintained at the 6 month follow-up. Conclusion CrExp therapy has greater positive effects on cognitive functions and daily living ability than standard cognitive training. This unique therapy may serve as a cost-effective adjunct to standard interventions for older adults with mild cognitive impairment.