Reilly, Rosemary C. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7274-4488, Lee, Virginia, Laux, Katherine and Robitaille, Andréanne
(2018)
Using found poetry to illuminate the existential and posttraumatic growth of women with breast cancer engaging in art therapy.
Qualitative Research in Psychology, 15
(2/3).
pp. 196-217.
ISSN 1478-0887
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2018.1429863
Abstract
Arts-based research (ABR) is a methodological genre, which adapts the tenets of the creative arts to make social science research accessible, evocative and engaging. It crosses the boundaries of both art and science, but has made few inroads within psychology. This paper describes a pilot project examining how art-making shaped the trajectories of women diagnosed and treated for breast cancer. Using ABR as a way of distilling the findings, we demonstrate how experiences of existential and posttraumatic growth can be understood more profoundly through found poetry. Found poems (interview excerpts reframed as poetry) offer a richer, more meaningful, and potent evocation of themes than traditional coding. Poetry permits the voice of the participant to be more clearly heard, and allows the reader to access deeper insights and understandings of the complexities of growth through adversity.
| Divisions: | Concordia University > Faculty of Arts and Science > Applied Human Sciences Concordia University > Research Units > Centre for Human Relations and Community Studies |
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| Item Type: | Article |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Authors: | Reilly, Rosemary C. and Lee, Virginia and Laux, Katherine and Robitaille, Andréanne |
| Journal or Publication: | Qualitative Research in Psychology |
| Corporate Authors: | Cedars CanSupport, Montreal |
| Date: | June 2018 |
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| Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | 10.1080/14780887.2018.1429863 |
| Keywords: | existential growth; posttraumatic growth; found poems; arts-based research; poetry; women; breast cancer; art therapy |
| ID Code: | 983941 |
| Deposited By: | Rosemary Reilly |
| Deposited On: | 11 Jun 2018 14:27 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Feb 2019 01:00 |
| Additional Information: | The chapbook from this project can be found at https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/982600/ in English and https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/982602/ in French. |
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