The Bicultural Identity Development (BID) Art Therapy Intervention with Hispanic Adults
Graduation Date
Fall 2010
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Document Form
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy
Degree Granting Institution
Notre Dame de Namur University
Program Name
Art Therapy
Dean
Lisa Bjerknes, MD, MBA
First Reader
Laury Rappaport, PhD, ATR-BC
Second Reader
Deann Acton, LMFT, ATR-BC
Abstract
Adolescence is a challenging phase of human development with many external and internal pressures. The difficulty of adolescence is compounded when a family immigrates to another country, thus introducing a host of new stressors. Hispanic immigrants represent a growing sector of the US population. This research study focuses on Hispanic adolescent immigrants and seeks to determine the efficacy of the Bicultural Identity Development art therapy directive to foster resiliency within an at-risk population by increasing self-esteem, reducing acculturative stress, and promoting healthy coping skills. The sponsoring agency for this grant is the Youth Service Bureau (housed underneath the San Francisco YMCA), which serves families and children in the Bay Area.