There are currently no systematic reviews that evaluate art therapy as a treatment for trauma in adult refugees. With over 32.5 million refugees worldwide as of mid-2022, many of them facing trauma, it’s crucial that access to proper therapeutic support be available. Art therapy de-emphasizes verbal communication, which may help refugees facing language barriers and difficulties talking about their experiences. Most of the research on this topic is qualitative, so a qualitative meta-analysis as outlined by Timulak (2009) was attempted. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were made based on date, publication type, sample size, data collection method, participant information, type of therapeutic intervention, and data analysis method. Out of 594 articles located, selection resulted in only N = 4 studies. Timulak recommends 8–16 articles for meta-analysis. Therefore, studies were instead summarized in a box score table. Results revealed that art therapy shows potential, but no reliable conclusions can be drawn because, despite a large body of literature, there are very few empirical studies in this field. Considering this, further primary empirical research must be done. Results suggest that building culturally significant art forms into therapy may be a particularly helpful avenue of exploration.

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成年难民的艺术治疗：定性研究的系统回顾

目前还没有系统评价艺术疗法作为成年难民创伤的治疗方法。截至 2022 年中期，全球有超过 3250 万难民，其中许多人面临创伤，因此获得适当的治疗支持至关重要。艺术疗法不再强调口头交流，这可能会帮助难民面临语言障碍和谈论他们的经历的困难。关于这个主题的大多数研究都是定性的，因此尝试了 Timulak (2009) 概述的定性荟萃分析。根据日期、出版物类型、样本量、数据收集方法、参与者信息、治疗干预类型和数据分析方法制定纳入和排除标准。在找到的 594 篇文章中，仅筛选出 N = 4 项研究。 Timulak 建议 8-16 篇文章进行荟萃分析。因此，研究结果被总结在方框评分表中。结果显示，艺术治疗显示出潜力，但无法得出可靠的结论，因为尽管有大量文献，但该领域的实证研究很少。考虑到这一点，还需要进行进一步的初步实证研究。结果表明，将具有文化意义的艺术形式融入治疗可能是一种特别有用的探索途径。