Connecting Veterans and Their Community Through Narrative: Pilot Data on a Community Strengthening Intervention

Mamon, Daria; Scoglio, Arielle A J; Calixte, Rachelle M.; Tuval‐Mashiach, Rivka; Patton, Benjamin; Drebing, Charles E.

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“…As a means of storytelling and emotional engagement, digital media has been employed to improve outcomes of populations dealing with mental health issues, and is recognized as an effective strategy for improving empathy for those populations (de Jager et al, 2017). As a mechanism for intervention, it has improved empathy amongst clinicians (Tuval-Mashiach & Patton, 2015), youth and their peers (Thompson, 2014), and veterans and civilians (Daria et al, 2020). Applying the transportation theory, digital storytelling has the potential to engage men's desire for seeking help while moderating deterrents in help-seeking attitudes (de Jager et al, 2017).…”

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Online digital storytelling video on promoting men’s intentions to seek counselling for depression: The role of empathy

Keum

Hearns

Agarwal

et al. 2021

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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Background: Applying the narrative transportation theory, we sought to test the role of a male-sensitive digital storytelling video as a source to persuade men to develop greater intentions to seek counselling based on their empathic reactions to the storyteller. Methods: Using a post-test only design, a total of 247 diverse adult men ( M = 35.86, SD = 12.75) were randomly assigned to either the brochure or video condition and subsequently reported on their state empathy, perceived persuasiveness, and intentions to seek counselling. Controlling for previous counselling experience, a three-way interaction analysis was conducted to assess the significance of the relationship between persuasiveness and intentions to seek counselling across the two conditions, and whether empathy moderated this association in each condition. Results: For men who viewed the brochure, greater persuasiveness was linked to lower intentions to seek counselling at all levels of empathy; although, at high empathy, the relationship was not significant. A similar trend was observed for men who viewed the video at low and mean empathy levels. However, for men who reported high empathy after viewing the video, greater persuasiveness was significantly linked to greater intentions to seek counselling. Conclusion: Empathy may play a viable role in promoting intentions to seek counselling among men who view persuasive digital storytelling content on depression. However, more research needs to be conducted on the conditions that make it favourable for men to have empathic reactions to the contents. Implications for research and the potential for intervention are discussed.

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Online digital storytelling video on promoting men’s intentions to seek counselling for depression: The role of empathy

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Hearns

Agarwal

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Int J Soc Psychiatry

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“…For example, Team Red, White, & Blue engage in social activities that increase physical activity and team building areas as part of an intervention to bring veterans out of isolation and reintegrate (Angel et al, 2018 ). Other efforts, such as filmmaking and storytelling, have been used to increase a sense of understanding and belonging between veterans and their communities (Mamon et al, 2020 ; Tuval-Mashiach et al, 2018 ). Other approaches have targeted efforts in specific communities, such as rural areas with large numbers of veterans.…”

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Using Veterans Socials to Build a Community: Feasibility of the VOICES Intervention

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Chamberlin

Stevenson

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Community Ment Health J

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Increasing social connection and access to care has been found to decrease the rate of suicide in U.S. veterans. The Veteran Outreach Into the Community to Expand Social Support (VOICES) is an intervention developed by Department Veteran Affairs (VA) staff to improve social connection and provide information about services by implementing community-based Veterans Socials. Seventy veterans at eight locations completed an anonymous cross-sectional survey. This evaluation examined three domains, acceptability (i.e., perceived value), demand (i.e., estimated or actual use), and expansion (i.e., sustainability and increase of Veterans Socials across time and locations). Findings indicated considerable levels of acceptability, demand for, and expansion of this intervention. Additionally, data suggested this intervention may increase social connection and utilization of VA services among attendees.

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“…Cohen (2013) referred to Video Therapy as a component of art therapy, and discussed several uses of video in therapy, such as watching films (cinematherapy) or producing films. Interventions in which participants make films have been identified as potential tools for improving the social reintegration of veterans (Mamon et al, 2019). The creation of a film is an engaging, active process that requires the filmmaker to identify a message to communicate to an audience.…”

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“…The I Was There (IWT) workshop is one of the most well-known filmmaking interventions currently being used with veterans (Mamon et al, 2019). This 3-day (20-hr) filmmaking intervention has been used over the past 8 years with active-duty military personnel and veterans in an effort to encourage treatment entry and to enhance social reintegration (Tuval-Mashiach & Patton, 2015).…”

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“…In this context, the term "audience" can mean selected family members, friends, coworkers, fellow students, or known or unknown community members-any group that the filmmaker seeks to communicate with. When filmmakers show their films to an audience and then engage with them in discussion, the resulting interaction can increase mutual understanding and interest, thus reducing barriers to enhanced social reintegration (Mamon et al, 2019). This is also an example of the broader process of soldiers sharing trauma among the community as a means of reintegrating them, recommended by Junger (2016).…”

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Pilot outcomes of a filmmaking intervention designed to enhance treatment entry and social reintegration of veterans.

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Calixte³

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Military personnel transitioning to civilian life have reported significant challenges in reintegrating into civilian culture. Filmmaking has been used as a therapeutic intervention to enhance the community reintegration of veterans, but there are no published quantitative data documenting its impact. The present study provides outcome data on 40 veterans who participated in the I Was There (IWT) filmmaking workshop. This 3-day (20-hr) group intervention involved veterans working in small teams with a film coach, making short films designed to communicate some aspect of their experience during or after military service, and then creating a screening event to show their films to community members. The sample consisted of community-dwelling veterans who reported at least some mental health symptoms and who were not engaged in mental health treatment for those symptoms. Targeted outcomes included engagement in mental health care, symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, and reported perception of community interest in their experience as veterans. Fifty-six percent of participants entered treatment within 4 months of participation. Significant decreases were noted in symptoms of PTSD at 1-month follow-up but not at the 4-month follow-up, while changes in depression were not statistically significant. Participation was related to increased perception of community interest in veterans' experience, and increased interest among community members who viewed the films. These data provide initial support for the conclusion that the IWT film workshop is a potentially effective tool for treatment engagement and for community reintegration among veterans. Impact StatementFilmmaking interventions have been used to enhance the integration of veterans into the civilian community, but there is limited outcome research. This pilot study found that participation in the "I Was There" Film Workshop resulted in veterans entering mental health treatment, as well as improvement in PTSD symptoms and improved social reintegration.

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Connecting Veterans and Their Community Through Narrative: Pilot Data on a Community Strengthening Intervention

Cited by 5 publications

References 27 publications

Online digital storytelling video on promoting men’s intentions to seek counselling for depression: The role of empathy

Online digital storytelling video on promoting men’s intentions to seek counselling for depression: The role of empathy

Using Veterans Socials to Build a Community: Feasibility of the VOICES Intervention

Pilot outcomes of a filmmaking intervention designed to enhance treatment entry and social reintegration of veterans.

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