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Procedure

Procedure Cont'd

Both the facility and parents of the children will be given letters of consent to allow the study

The art therapy will consist of painting and drawing

Measurement Cont'd

Results

Each child will go through one 50 minute session per week for ten weeks

The CPSS will be scored on a nominal scale as follows:

The facility will be randomly selected by listing all of the facilities in Louisiana who specialize in child sexual abuse and randomly drawing one

The art therapy will be conducted by 10 therapists trained in the area of art therapy

The facility will be asked to cease any therapy they may be doing with the children, doing this will assure that the results are from the art therapy and will not be influenced by any other type of therapy

Measurement

Low: 0-30

The IV will be art therapy

Medium: 31-45

The DV will be the PTSD symptoms

Each child will have the same therapist throughout the course of the study as to not disrupt any rapport or trust which could effect the study

The CV will be the age of the children

High: 46-58

The children will be selected through simple-random sampling

A total of 100 children will be randomly selected from a randomly selected Louisiana state facility for children who have been sexually abused

The children will each be given the Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS) before therapy begins and again after therapy is complete

The max number a child can score is 58 points

In regards to compensation, each participant's name will be put into a drawing for two 50 dollar gift certificates

50 kids will be in an age group ranging from 8-11 years of age

Each child will be assigned a number, without skipping any numbers, and the population will be selected by using a table of random numbers

50 kids will be in an age group ranging from 12-15 years of age

Background on the Issue

Limitations

I am currently interning at the Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response Center (STAR) which counsels people who are survivors of sexual trauma. I have always been interested in the treatment of sexual abuse.

The children will all be from the same facility which means they may have already been exposed to some therapies which may effect this study

Significance to the Field

There is no controlling for gender, so it is likely the majority of participants will be female and this will make the results unbalanced with mostly female based results

If the results of this study go as predicted, then art therapy will lessen the symptoms of PTSD in children who have been sexually abused

These findings are very important because they can greatly help in therapy within the population of children survivors of sexual abuse

Research Question

Will art therapy reduce the symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in children who have been sexually abused?

These results can greatly improve the type of therapy used in counseling sexual abuse survivors, which may lead to better results in their healing process

Effects of Art Therapy on Symptoms of PTSD in Sexually Abused Children

Brittany Lockard

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