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An Art Future Image Intervention to Enhance Identity and Self‐Efficacy in Adolescents
Author(s) -
Walsh Sandra M.,
Hardin Sally Brosz
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.1994.tb00201.x
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , identity (music) , self efficacy , psychology , self image , baseline (sea) , protocol (science) , clinical psychology , medicine , social psychology , alternative medicine , psychiatry , political science , physics , acoustics , law , pathology
The authors describe the content, implementation, and findings concerning an “Art Future Image Intervention” (AFI) for adolescents. The AFI was designed to help adolescents develop a positive identity and to enhance their self‐efficacy by encouraging them to consider their ideal future goals, vocation, and body image. Two randomly selected classes of South Carolina high school students participated in the AFI (N = 158). Vie data indicated that the future images of these teenagers included realistic and unrealistic future goals and self‐images. Ninety three percent of these teenagers evaluated the AFI positively. Eligible students who elected to participate in the AFI protocol had the lowest baseline self‐efficacy. Both intervention and control students' mean self‐efficacy scores decreased from baseline (fall 1990) to post‐intervention (spring 1991); however, intervention students had less of a decrease.