The Effect of an Art Practice-Based Psycho-Training Program on Psychological Well-Being, Care Burden, Expression of Emotions, and Coping Levels of Mothers Who Have Children With Special Needs.
Havva Kaçan, Funda Gümüş, Nurhan Eren
PMID 41992455WHAT IT FOUND
Mothers of children with special needs reported higher psychological well-being, lower caregiver burden, better coping and emotional expression after a 15-workshop multi-component psycho-training program.
No control group was used, so these changes cannot be proven to result from the program.
Key findings
01Psychological well-being scores rose from 345.20 before the program to 361.13 after it and 382.27 at follow-up on an 84 to 504 scale.
02Caregiver burden scores fell from 44.90 before the program to 20.67 after it and 17.33 at follow-up on a 0 to 88 scale where higher means more burden.
03The tested intervention was a 15-workshop bundle: psychodrama, marbling art, wood painting, jewellery design, lithography, sheet-tying, ceramics, art and mental health training, communication training, e-commerce training, behaviour management training, assistive technology training, child leisure training, self-compassion and mindfulness, clay shaping, plus a technical visit, panel, and exhibition.
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What it does not show
Only 30 mothers were analysed, and all were volunteers from one province in Türkiye, so the findings may not apply to other caregiver groups. There was no control group, so history, maturation, or simply attending a supportive program could explain the changes. All outcomes were self-reported, so social desirability or expectations could inflate improvement. The program was a bundle of many workshops and activities, so the contribution of art, psychoeducation, group contact, or logistics cannot be separated. The intervention was resource-intensive. It used 6 months, 15 workshops, materials, instructors, transportation, and childcare. Follow-up was only one month, so durability beyond that period is not shown.
Declared interests
The study was supported by TUBITAK 4008 Inclusive Community Practices for Individuals with Special Needs Program. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that art practice alone caused the improvements. The program combined psychodrama, marbling art, wood painting, jewellery design, lithography, sheet-tying, ceramics, art and mental health training, communication training, e-commerce training, behaviour management training, assistive technology training, child leisure training, self-compassion and mindfulness, clay shaping, and a technical visit, panel, and exhibition, and it had no control group. The contribution of any single component cannot be separated.