Personal growth through navigating the world as an artist: a qualitative study of the impact of creativity camp on adolescents with depression
The qualitative analysis identified key processes from the Creativity Camp intervention, along with changes and long-term impacts that may have fostered personal growth. The framework of navigating the world through an artist's lens as a pathway to personal growth presents a novel contribution to existing knowledge and practice in art-based interventions for adolescents with depression. This insight can help shape the design of future arts-in-health approaches for supporting adolescent mental health.
Authors
- Kathryn R. Cullen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9631-3770)
- Jered Bright
- Yuko Taniguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1107-7991)
- Michaelle E. DiMaggio-Potter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3959-4972)
- Wilma Koutstaal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2464-6511)
- Gail A. Bernstein
- A. Pérez Ortega
- Angie Mejia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9136-9345)
- Jan M. Friedman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7482-9570)
- Peng Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3387-2054)
- Bryon A. Mueller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2429-0391)
- Olivia S. Costa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6775-1499)
- Bonnie Klimes‐Dougan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2107-0038)
- Shanze Hayee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8393-6677)
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- University of Sioux Falls (US)
- St. Olaf College (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Mineral Area College (US)
- Research for Action (US)
- University of Minnesota Rochester (US)
- University of Minnesota Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
- Published
- 2025-04-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-025-00893-6
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Art Therapy and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 12.29
Funders
- University of Minnesota