Integrating the Arts and Mixed Methods Research: A Review and a Way Forward

Archibald, Mandy M.

doi:10.29034/ijmra.v10n1a23

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“…Finally, investigations in art therapy with mixed methods research should consider the transformative and critical possibilities of arts. It is important to look at how these could be positioned for the integration of arts-MMR as a binomial, and not as a praxis where arts are embedded in MMR, to create instead a therapy based on art and a research methodology working together to push its own limits (Archibald, 2018).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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PROJECTA: An Art-Based Tool in Trauma Treatment

2020

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Artistic images, of a universal nature and validated by global culture, are carriers of an emotional potential that can be used for therapeutic purposes in cultural centers as well as in clinical spaces. Esthetic studies reveal the mobilizing power in their contemplation and the capacity to bring out personal stories with healing potential. The general objective of this paper is to design and validate the PROJECTA instrument, consisting of the therapeutic use of artistic images to approach trauma or difficult conditions in therapy, by means of the association between art images and emotions, feelings or states of mind related with a traumatic experience. A mixed approach of investigation with a concurrent triangulation design has been used for the integration of qualitative and quantitative results, where qualitative research outweighs quantitative, but both have been QUAL → quan sequentially developed. The study was carried out in two phases. The first was a systematic review of the literature. The second, divided into five steps, consisted of the validation of artworks and the associated emotions with the participation of students, experts in art therapy, psychologists and educators through focus groups, interviews and an online questionnaire. The analysis techniques were qualitative and quantitative. A set of 220 artistic images linked to emotional states were proposed by experts in education, psychology and art therapy, and validated through an online questionnaire. The respondents included 228 students and professionals and for 64.55% of these images a consensus of over 80% was obtained. These images and their associated emotions were again reviewed by a confirmatory focus group. Finally, 92 artistic works were linked to primary, secondary and tertiary emotions such as love, joy, victory, surprise, balance, sense of humor, anger, sadness, fear, and emptiness. In addition, there are mobilizing images that have not been related to any emotion because of the polysemy of their meanings. It concludes that PROJECTA is a visual art therapy tool that provides professionals with a resource that helps facilitate the identification, expression or demonstration of emotions or feelings related with trauma, and in challenging situations of vulnerability, psychological discomfort or post-traumatic stress.

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“…Lastly, Archibald (2018) integrative systematic review is the only research that has explored the way in which arts and MMR seek to achieve a social benefit. This research, which synthesizes the findings in 26 primary studies, found that only six of them show integration between arts and MMR.…”

Section: Art Therapy Systematic Reviews and Mixed Methods Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

PROJECTA: An Art-Based Tool in Trauma Treatment

2020

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“…Building on recent efforts to systematize the use of visual representations in mixed methods research (Archibald, 2018; Balomenou & Garrod, 2015; D’Angelo et al, 2016; Guetterman, Fetters, et al, 2015; Onwuegbuzie & Dickinson, 2008; Shannon-Baker & Edwards, 2018), it is possible to identify three main (often overlapping) purposes of use. Visual representations are used in mixed methods research for data elicitation, data integration and interpretation , and data communication .…”

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Data Integration: A Real-Time, Participant-Driven, and Visually Supported Method

Alexander

Eppler

Comi

2020

Journal of Mixed Methods Research

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We introduce a method in which instant data visualization facilitates real-time data integration and involves participants in data interpretation. The results of quantitative research (e.g., electronic card sorting) are represented visually (e.g., in a dendrogram) and fed back to research participants in follow-up focus group conversations. The visualized quantitative results are reviewed and discussed by participants. The visual display of the quantitative results is annotated with qualitative feedback generated by participants that explains, enriches, or challenges the quantitative results. We apply our method in a card sorting study of Fédération Internationale de Football Association’s (FIFA) stakeholders. An approach that facilitates real-time data integration that is participant driven and visually supported is the unique contribution of this article to mixed methods research.

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“…Archibald (2018) conducted a scoping review of the arts in MMR to determine the extent to which the arts have been integrated in MMR design. By reviewing six databases, Archibald (2018) identified 26 articles on the arts in MMR, but only 14 articles with an arts-informed orientation. Despite instances of arts-informed research being included as qualitative data in MMR, no studies were conducted that integrated ABR with MMR.…”

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“…Despite instances of arts-informed research being included as qualitative data in MMR, no studies were conducted that integrated ABR with MMR. Based on the review findings, Archibald (2018) conceptualized a definition of arts–MMR and a continuum of arts–MMR integration. Arts–MMR was defined as “research that combines arts research methodology with methods positioned in an alternative paradigm within a single study or program of study” (p. 8), and ranges from low-level (e.g., art to communicate MMR findings) to high-level integration (e.g., cross over analysis with arts-based, qualitative and quantitative components).…”

Section: Arts–mmr Integrationmentioning

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Arts and Mixed Methods Research: An Innovative Methodological Merger

Archibald

Gerber

2018

American Behavioral Scientist

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Integrating the arts with mixed methods research (MMR) presents untapped potential for innovative methodological approaches. Arts and MMR integration exists on a continuum, ranging from low-level (e.g., communicating about MMR using art) to high-level integration (e.g., interweaving arts-based and MMR approaches), and myriad art forms are available to facilitate concept formation, data collection, analysis, and representation. Given that a primary objective of the arts and MMR respectively is to explore and understand the complex social world, arts–MMR integration has potential to enable insights not possible through the use of either approach in isolation, and to present new opportunities for transformative social change. In this article, we explore such potentials and intersections philosophically and methodologically by way of four case examples framed by the newly conceptualized Art-MMR Integration Continuum, which ranges from communicative, data source, analytic, and conceptual integration.

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Integrating the Arts and Mixed Methods Research: A Review and a Way Forward

Cited by 5 publications

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PROJECTA: An Art-Based Tool in Trauma Treatment

PROJECTA: An Art-Based Tool in Trauma Treatment

Data Integration: A Real-Time, Participant-Driven, and Visually Supported Method

Arts and Mixed Methods Research: An Innovative Methodological Merger

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