Phototherapy with disadvantaged boys

Milford, Sarah Anne; Fryrear, Jerry L.; Swank, Paul R.

doi:10.1016/0197-4556(83)90022-9

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“…Although clinicians sometimes use self-focused photos to facilitate verbal communication (Anderson & Malloy, 1976;Milford, Fryrear, & Swank, 1983), most research uses of photography take the picture itself-its nonverbal aspect-as most compelling (Coppola & Patel, 2003;Dumas, Nilsen, & Lynch, 2001;Harker & Keltner, 2001;Zebrowitz, Hall, Murphy, & Rhodes, 2002;Zillmann, Gibson, & Sargent, 1999). In line with the cliché, "A picture's worth a thousand words," Ziller's (1990) analyses focus on the meanings and correlates of nonverbal photo content.…”

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“A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words”: Language Use in the Autophotographic Essay

Burke

Dollinger

2005

Pers Soc Psychol Bull

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The authors applied Pennebaker's Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) program to autophotographic essays addressing the question, "Who are you?" to test hypotheses about individuality and social connectedness. Specifically, the authors tested whether insight-oriented words would correlate with individuality ratings, defining essays that portray unique persons who creatively explore the self. Second, the authors tested whether connectedness, operationalized by photos of people-touching and self with others, would correlate with social process words. In 164 student photo essays, greater linguistic cognitive complexity characterized individuality, even when controlling for needs for cognition and uniqueness, and verbal intelligence. Connectedness predicted social words. These findings show that autophotography essays do capture complex self-reflective thought and suggest LIWC may be a valuable tool for understanding the expression of individuality and relatedness.

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“A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words”: Language Use in the Autophotographic Essay

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Dollinger

2005

Pers Soc Psychol Bull

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“…She proposed a series of eight weekly photographic assignments through which pregnant adolescents would come to understand and deal with their feelings about becoming parents. Ammerman and Fryrear (1975), Fryrear, Nuell, and White (1977), and Milford, Fryrear, and Swank (1983 developed a process known as "self-confrontation" in which patients in therapy are asked to take pictures of themselves and then analyze their reactions to the photos.…”

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Shelter Life after Hurricane Katrina: A Visual Analysis of Evacuee Perspectives

Blinn‐Pike

Phillips

Reeves

2006

International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters

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Nine survivors of Hurricane Katrina, who were residents in two Red Cross shelters, provided the researchers with a total of 90 Polaroid photographs of their lives in their respective disaster shelters. After they completed the photographic activity, they participated in semi-structured interviews about their individual photos. The following research questions were addressed to discover the emic (insider) perspectives of the shelter residents: a) what features of shelter life did the residents photograph and discuss; and b) what needs were evident in their photos and interviews? The results showed that the residents had particular needs related to a) privacy, b) interpersonal relationships, c) security, and d) outreach. The discussion covers recommendations for using visual research methodologies to understand the needs of shelter residents and suggests practical implications for shelter managers and other professionals serving those displaced by disaster.

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“…Indeed, this technique has been successfully applied in a variety of situations; for example, with HIV-positive people (Weiser, 1999), with adolescents presenting socio-relational difficulties (Milford et al, 1983), or in the psychosocial field, with the objective of facilitating integration, and contrasting the marginalization of specific social groups (Musacchi, 2016).…”

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Can Desire and Wellbeing Be Promoted in Adolescents and Young Adults Affected by Cancer? PhotoTherapy as a Mirror That Increases Resilience

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PhotoTherapy represents a recent psychotherapeutic intervention which, through the medium of photography, has the objective of helping a patient reach a higher self-knowledge and explore thoughts, desires, and intimate perceptions that would otherwise remain hidden. Because of this, it may help people overcome their cognitive and emotional boundaries and bring out their interiority, even when exploring some of the most distressing themes. The objective of the present research was to demonstrate that the elaboration and expression of inner desires, fears and needs of wellbeing among adolescents and young adults, who were either sick or had been cured of cancer, could be facilitated through the use of PhotoTherapy. Their responses were also compared with those of healthy young adults, in order to be able to explore the kind of impact such a pathology can have on those who are affected by it and highlight eventual differences in the kind of desires and needs expressed instead by those who never had a diagnosis of cancer. A qualitative research design was adopted. 45 people took part in the study, aged between 12 and 25 (mean age 19). The participants were divided into three groups: those currently being treated for cancer, those with a history of cancer and those who had no experience of cancer (third group). From the data analysis, different preferences and attitudes toward the presented pictures and themes emerged among the participants, depending on the specific group they belonged to. The article discusses these preferences and considers how PhotoTherapy can help treat psychological distress caused by cancer.

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Phototherapy with disadvantaged boys

Cited by 11 publications

References 11 publications

“A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words”: Language Use in the Autophotographic Essay

“A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words”: Language Use in the Autophotographic Essay

Shelter Life after Hurricane Katrina: A Visual Analysis of Evacuee Perspectives

Can Desire and Wellbeing Be Promoted in Adolescents and Young Adults Affected by Cancer? PhotoTherapy as a Mirror That Increases Resilience

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