Assessing the Efficacy of a Cultural and Artistic Intervention for Indigenous Women Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence. (November 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Giesbrecht, Crystal J.; Jamshidi, Laleh; LaVallie, Carrie; Sasakamoose, JoLee; Nicholas Carleton, R.
• Is Part Of: Violence against women. Volume 28:Number 14(2022)
• Page Start: 3375
• Page End: 3399
• Publication Date: 2022-11
• Subjects: Indigenous women -- intimate partner violence -- domestic violence -- art therapy -- culture; Abused women -- Periodicals; Women -- Crimes against -- Periodicals; Violent crimes -- Periodicals; Femmes victimes de violence -- Périodiques; Femmes, Crimes contre les -- Périodiques; Crimes violents -- Périodiques; 362.8292
• DOI: 10.1177/10778012211058220
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-8012

Abstract

Nato' we ho win is a trauma-and-violence-informed artistic and cultural intervention for Indigenous women who have experienced intimate partner violence. The results of this study provide evidence that engagement in nato' we ho win had a positive impact on participants' well-being. Participants completed self-report questionnaires at intake, post-intervention, and at one-year follow-up. Multilevel modeling analyses assessed for within-participant changes over time. There was a statistically significant increase in participants' self-reported sense of resilience ( p < 0.001), personal agency, connectedness, and post-traumatic growth ( p s < 0.05). There were statistically significant decreases in participants' self-reported anxiety and depression ( p s < 0.01) from intake to one-year follow-up.