Expressive Art Therapy for Survivors of Sexual Violence
Keywords:
Expressive art therapy, Self-esteem, Survivors of sexual violence; womenAbstract
Women survivors of sexual violence experience several psychological problems, such as anxiety, suicidal ideation, low self-esteem, sexual problems, and depression. The most typical problem that occurs in most survivors of sexual violence is low self-esteem. Expressive art therapy is a therapy that can be used to improve individual self-esteem. This study aims to see the effectiveness of expressive art therapy in increasing the self-esteem of women survivors of sexual violence. This type of research is an experiment with a single subject research design. The subjects used were three women survivors of sexual violence. The measuring instrument used to evaluate is the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale with 10 items that measures self-esteem globally. Data analysis used visual analysis, inferential analysis, and effectiveness test. The results showed that expressive art therapy was effective in increasing the self-esteem of women survivors of sexual violence. There is an increase in scores in the intervention phase as well as an increasing trend line trend in the intervention phase. The level of change in the intervention phase is higher than the baseline phase where the score is plus (+) which indicates an increase in the subject's self-esteem score.
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