Spirituality During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Online Creative Arts Intervention With Photocollages for Older Adults in Italy and Israel
The present study aimed to examine how expressions of spirituality were stimulated and reflected in an online creative arts intervention for older adults during COVID-19 lockdowns. The online process focused on the creation of digital photocollages together with narrative elements of dignity therapy...
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| author | Shoshi Keisari Shoshi Keisari Shoshi Keisari Shoshi Keisari Silvia Piol Hod Orkibi Hod Orkibi Talia Elkarif Giada Mola Ines Testoni Ines Testoni |
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| description | The present study aimed to examine how expressions of spirituality were stimulated and reflected in an online creative arts intervention for older adults during COVID-19 lockdowns. The online process focused on the creation of digital photocollages together with narrative elements of dignity therapy. Twenty-four Israeli and Italian community-dwelling older adults aged 78–92 participated in a three-session online intervention involving the production of three photocollages. The visual and verbal data (participants’ chosen photos and photocollages, and transcripts of the sessions) were qualitatively analyzed within an abductive framework. Four themes were generated, representing the four domains of spirituality that were stimulated by and expressed in the process: (1) Connectedness with the self, (2) connectedness with others, (3) connectedness with the environment, and (4) connectedness with the transcendent. The findings show how photographs can serve as projective visual stimuli which elicit personal content through spontaneous thinking, and they reveal the multifaceted nature of spirituality, wherein each domain nourishes the others. Overall, the findings illustrate how creative arts intervention guided by the tenets of dignity therapy can contribute to the spiritual care of older adults during periods of social isolation, or to the spiritual support provided in palliative care. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9e042241e2a7453aafa456be81eadb532022-12-22T02:31:59ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-06-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.897158897158Spirituality During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Online Creative Arts Intervention With Photocollages for Older Adults in Italy and IsraelShoshi Keisari0Shoshi Keisari1Shoshi Keisari2Shoshi Keisari3Silvia Piol4Hod Orkibi5Hod Orkibi6Talia Elkarif7Giada Mola8Ines Testoni9Ines Testoni10School of Creative Arts Therapies, University of Haifa, Haifa, IsraelThe Centre for Research and Study of Aging, University of Haifa, Haifa, IsraelThe Emily Sagol Creative Arts Therapies Research Center, University of Haifa, Haifa, IsraelDepartment of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology (FISPPA), University of Padova, Padua, ItalyDepartment of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology (FISPPA), University of Padova, Padua, ItalySchool of Creative Arts Therapies, University of Haifa, Haifa, IsraelThe Emily Sagol Creative Arts Therapies Research Center, University of Haifa, Haifa, IsraelSchool of Creative Arts Therapies, University of Haifa, Haifa, IsraelDepartment of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology (FISPPA), University of Padova, Padua, ItalyThe Emily Sagol Creative Arts Therapies Research Center, University of Haifa, Haifa, IsraelDepartment of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology (FISPPA), University of Padova, Padua, ItalyThe present study aimed to examine how expressions of spirituality were stimulated and reflected in an online creative arts intervention for older adults during COVID-19 lockdowns. The online process focused on the creation of digital photocollages together with narrative elements of dignity therapy. Twenty-four Israeli and Italian community-dwelling older adults aged 78–92 participated in a three-session online intervention involving the production of three photocollages. The visual and verbal data (participants’ chosen photos and photocollages, and transcripts of the sessions) were qualitatively analyzed within an abductive framework. Four themes were generated, representing the four domains of spirituality that were stimulated by and expressed in the process: (1) Connectedness with the self, (2) connectedness with others, (3) connectedness with the environment, and (4) connectedness with the transcendent. The findings show how photographs can serve as projective visual stimuli which elicit personal content through spontaneous thinking, and they reveal the multifaceted nature of spirituality, wherein each domain nourishes the others. Overall, the findings illustrate how creative arts intervention guided by the tenets of dignity therapy can contribute to the spiritual care of older adults during periods of social isolation, or to the spiritual support provided in palliative care.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.897158/fullspiritualityolder adultscreative arts therapiesonline interventionsCOVID-19 lockdowns |
| spellingShingle | Shoshi Keisari Shoshi Keisari Shoshi Keisari Shoshi Keisari Silvia Piol Hod Orkibi Hod Orkibi Talia Elkarif Giada Mola Ines Testoni Ines Testoni Spirituality During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Online Creative Arts Intervention With Photocollages for Older Adults in Italy and Israel Frontiers in Psychology spirituality older adults creative arts therapies online interventions COVID-19 lockdowns |
| title | Spirituality During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Online Creative Arts Intervention With Photocollages for Older Adults in Italy and Israel |
| title_full | Spirituality During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Online Creative Arts Intervention With Photocollages for Older Adults in Italy and Israel |
| title_fullStr | Spirituality During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Online Creative Arts Intervention With Photocollages for Older Adults in Italy and Israel |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spirituality During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Online Creative Arts Intervention With Photocollages for Older Adults in Italy and Israel |
| title_short | Spirituality During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Online Creative Arts Intervention With Photocollages for Older Adults in Italy and Israel |
| title_sort | spirituality during the covid 19 pandemic an online creative arts intervention with photocollages for older adults in italy and israel |
| topic | spirituality older adults creative arts therapies online interventions COVID-19 lockdowns |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.897158/full |
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