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Martha Driessnack

Publications and source records attributed to Martha Driessnack.

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Draw-and-tell conversations with children about fear.

As the demand to include children in research increases, researchers are discovering that few methods exist that are specifically designed with children in mind. In this article, the author introduces the draw-and-tell conversation as a child-centered and child-directed approach to data collection and illustrates its use in a qualitative study of children's fear experiences. Twenty-two children, ages 7 and 8 years, participated. Sequential mixed qualitative analyses suggest that children's draw-and-tell conversations provide new insight into how children describe and experience fear and highlight the unique nature of information accessed when using this approach.

Art↗

Children's drawings as facilitators of communication: a meta-analysis.

In an attempt to explore new methods for accessing children's voices, this meta-analysis explores the facilitative effects of offering children the opportunity to draw as an interview strategy as compared with a traditional directed interview. Based on this analysis, introducing the opportunity to draw appears to be a relatively robust interview strategy with a large overall effect size (d = .95). Both research and clinical implications are discussed.

Art Therapy↗

A closer look at PowerPoint.

This article is a reflective essay for both nursing students and faculty that asks each to take a closer look at the pervasiveness of PowerPoint slide presentations in nursing education and consider the hidden costs or messages involved.

Audiovisual Aids↗

Remember me: mask making with chronically and terminally ill children.

Mask making is one of many alternative methods nurses can integrate into the care of chronically and terminally ill children. Healthcare systems abound with materials that may be used in this endeavor. This article explores how mask making offers children an opportunity to gain some control over their environment and thus heal themselves, even in the worst of circumstances.

Adaptation, Psychological↗