Division of Psychopathology and Clinical Intervention, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Department of Social Work & Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong.
J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care. 2020 Apr-Jun;16(2):116-132. doi: 10.1080/15524256.2020.1749923. Epub 2020 May 12.
Traditional Chinese art practices such as brush painting and calligraphy are thought to promote self-development through holistically engaging both physical and mental health. This pilot study investigated the beneficial effects of a community-based self-help group incorporating Chinese art practices as a culturally adapted bereavement intervention. Twenty-six Chinese parents aged over 49 years and who had lost their only child participated in a 20-session Chinese brush painting group over a 6-month period. Ten bereaved parents from the same community who did not participate in the art course but received living support were recruited as a control group. Compared with the control group, the art practice group exhibited a pre-post intervention effect in terms of promoting positive affect and preventing deterioration of prolonged grief symptoms, particularly through the improvement of accessory grief symptoms (e.g., "emotional numbness due to the loss", and "feeling that life is unfulfilling, empty or meaningless after the loss"). No effect was found on negative affect. These findings indicate that a culturally adapted community-based art group may be an effective means of improving grief-related health.
传统的中国艺术实践，如绘画和书法，被认为可以通过全面促进身心健康来促进自我发展。本研究旨在探讨一种基于社区的自助团体，将中国艺术实践作为一种文化适应的丧亲干预措施，是否具有有益的效果。该团体由 26 名年龄在 49 岁以上且失去独生子的中国父母组成，他们在 6 个月的时间里参加了 20 次的中国毛笔绘画课程。同时招募了 10 名来自同一社区的、没有参加艺术课程但接受生活支持的丧亲父母作为对照组。与对照组相比，艺术实践组在促进积极情绪和防止长期悲伤症状恶化方面表现出了干预前后的效果，特别是通过改善附属悲伤症状（如“因失去而感到情感麻木”和“感到生活失去意义”）。而在消极情绪方面则没有效果。这些发现表明，一种文化适应的基于社区的艺术团体可能是改善与悲伤相关的健康的有效手段。
