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Art Therapy For Enhancing Academic Experience Of Male High School Freshmen, Kelvin Antonio Ramirez
Art Therapy For Enhancing Academic Experience Of Male High School Freshmen, Kelvin Antonio Ramirez
Expressive Therapies Dissertations
The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of group art therapy interventions in improving social and emotional issues for male high school freshmen. The Behavioral Assessment System for Children Second Edition (BASC-2) was used to measure academically tracked high school freshman (n = 80) receiving the 12 week intervention in a group setting in comparison to an academically matched control group (n=76). Independent sample t-tests compared participants in the Honor, Average and At Risk Tracks who received art therapy versus participants who did not. The findings indicate that for participants in the honors track, those receiving art …