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CREATING SPACE FOR CONNECTION: CREATIVITY IN THE CLASSROOM

Using For Colored Girls as a Creative Way to Help Me Understand How Empathic I Am

Pages 243-257 | Published online: 18 Feb 2019
 

ABSTRACT

The author of this mixed-method research study explored the use of the movie, For Colored Girls, as a creative way to promote and understand how empathy emerged among 20 masters-level counseling psychology trainees. The trainees viewed two video monologues from the movie For Colored Girls (Perry, 2010) and then completed the Toronto Empathy Questionnaire (TEQ) (as a pre-and posttest measure and empathy self-rating scale), the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), and several open-ended questions and outcome questions. The findings revealed a statistically significant difference between TEQ pre-and posttest measures and a statistically significant positive correlation between self-rating empathy levels on the IRI subscales. Several themes emerged, and the value of using featured films as a creative activity are discussed.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported in part by a grant from the UWI Faculty Research Award.

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