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Title: Experiences of Acquired Brain Injury as Expressed Through Mask-Making: A Qualitative Analysis.
Authors: Gregory, Sarah Kaytlyn1, Kemp, Amy M.2 Amy.kemp@northwestern.edu
Source: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Sep2024, Vol. 33 Issue 5, p2556-2571. 16p.
Subject Terms: *Qualitative research, *Psychological adaptation, *Emotions, Metaphor, Descriptive statistics, Thematic analysis, Brain injuries, Patients' attitudes, Self-perception
Abstract: Purpose: Acquired brain injury (ABI) extends beyond the immediate aftermath, and understanding individual experience of ABI is paramount to providing effective support mechanisms. This study examined how people with ABI used mask-making to engage in self-expression. Method: Publicly available data from the Unmasking Brain Injury Project website, an advocacy group for people with ABI, were analyzed. A qualitative approach with hybrid inductive/deductive analysis was used to explore how people with ABI use art to express their emotional experiences of ABI. Results: In total, 1,049 masks had narratives describing the visual components and meaning in the associated masks. Three major themes emerged: the multiplicity of experiences after ABI, including positive, negative, and mixed outcomes; the expression of emotional pain and living with loss through art; and the importance of positivity, purpose, and faith in the experience with ABI. Multiplicity was the central expression represented in the masks. The most commonly represented emotional experiences were: emotional pain and living with loss and positivity, purpose, and faith. The masks incorporated literal depictions of the ABI, visual metaphors, and intentional use of colors and shapes for self-expression. Conclusions: These results support previous findings that emotional experiences after ABI are complex and often interlaced with several emotions. The most prominent feelings include emotional pain and living with loss, and positivity, purpose, and faith. Mask-making may be a particularly appropriate method for people with ABI to process or express emotional experiences, as well as to provide clinicians with visual records of sense of self, coping, or progress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: Purpose: Acquired brain injury (ABI) extends beyond the immediate aftermath, and understanding individual experience of ABI is paramount to providing effective support mechanisms. This study examined how people with ABI used mask-making to engage in self-expression. Method: Publicly available data from the Unmasking Brain Injury Project website, an advocacy group for people with ABI, were analyzed. A qualitative approach with hybrid inductive/deductive analysis was used to explore how people with ABI use art to express their emotional experiences of ABI. Results: In total, 1,049 masks had narratives describing the visual components and meaning in the associated masks. Three major themes emerged: the multiplicity of experiences after ABI, including positive, negative, and mixed outcomes; the expression of emotional pain and living with loss through art; and the importance of positivity, purpose, and faith in the experience with ABI. Multiplicity was the central expression represented in the masks. The most commonly represented emotional experiences were: emotional pain and living with loss and positivity, purpose, and faith. The masks incorporated literal depictions of the ABI, visual metaphors, and intentional use of colors and shapes for self-expression. Conclusions: These results support previous findings that emotional experiences after ABI are complex and often interlaced with several emotions. The most prominent feelings include emotional pain and living with loss, and positivity, purpose, and faith. Mask-making may be a particularly appropriate method for people with ABI to process or express emotional experiences, as well as to provide clinicians with visual records of sense of self, coping, or progress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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