Earthquakes can negatively affect individuals' mental health by creating serious traumatic effects on individual and societal levels. Traumatic experiences such as losing one's home or workplace, being injured, or losing a loved one cause individuals to develop long-term psychological symptoms. In this context, strengthening psychosocial support programs aimed at coping with psychological and social problems after an earthquake is of great importance. In this study, the effect of expressive art therapy applied to individuals who experienced losses due to the earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş on psychological symptoms and post-traumatic growth was examined.
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Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI)
Timeframe: Change from baseline to 6 weeks (also assessed at 14 weeks post-baseline)
Post-Traumatic Growth Scale (PTGS)
Timeframe: Change from baseline to 6 weeks (also assessed at 14 weeks post-baseline)