Call for Female Participants - Research Study in Edmonton

Art Therapy
for Relief of Physical and Existential Pain
in Women Diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Researcher: Mady Mooney

You are invited to be part of a research study that will explore the potential of art therapy to relieve pain for women with rheumatoid arthritis. The study will be undertaken by Mady Mooney as a requirement for her degree in the Master of Arts in Pastoral Psychology and Counselling program (Art Therapy specialization) at St. Stephen's College.

What would be your role in the study?
If you participate in this study, you will take part in a four-hour workshop with 7 other women. With the guidance of two experienced facilitators, you will make two works of art (mandalas) using paint or colouring pencils. After the first mandala, you will do some journalling.

A week or two after the workshop, you will participate in a one-hour interview about what you experienced during the workshop.
Absolutely no art experience is required! If you’ve never done this kind of thing before, it’s an opportunity to do something new that’s easy and fun.

To participate in the study, you must be:

• female,18 years old or older
• diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis
• experiencing pain, flare-ups, or chronic pain
• able to speak and understand English
• able and willing to engage in art making
• willing to have a post-workshop interview

Participation in this study is voluntary.

For more information please contact:
Mady Mooney, 780-242-6065, or E-mail madymooney@gmail.com .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

This study has been approved by the St. Stephen’s Research Ethics Committee and is being conducted under the supervision of Dr. Pamela Brett-MacLean, Director, Arts & Humanities in Health & Medicine Program in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta (pbrett-maclean@med.ualberta.ca)