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  • Creative Arts Therapies
  • Public Health

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  • Arts-informed research methods facilitate communication of sensitive experiences, especially for individuals with trauma histories.
  • Verbal self-disclosure can be challenging or intimidating for participants discussing trauma.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the utility of arts-informed methods in understanding resilience to self-harm in young people.
  • To supplement traditional qualitative interviews with visual elicitation tools.

Main Methods:

  • A study involving young people exploring resilience to self-harm.
  • A comprehensive literature review on arts-informed methods and self-harm.
  • Analysis of visual productions from seven young adults as a supplementary qualitative tool.

Main Results:

  • Visual productions provided insights into participants' experiences.
  • Identified themes included connecting with self/nature, shifting perspectives, and developing coping strategies.
  • Arts-informed methods enhanced the understanding of resilience in the context of self-harm.

Conclusions:

  • Arts-informed methods are valuable for research on sensitive topics like self-harm.
  • These methods are particularly effective for studying resilience in young people.
  • Visual arts can serve as a powerful elicitation tool in qualitative research.