Dominican University of California
Online Friendships and the Bird’s Nest Drawing in the Age of the Internet
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>This study was a qualitative exploration of friendships facilitated through the internet and online video games. The goal was to investigate how online friendships compare to in-person friendships in terms of quality. Three English-speaking participants who played an online video game and had an online friendship provided unique case studies describing the differences between an online and in-person friendship. The Bird Nest Drawing art assessment by Kaiser (1996; 2016) revealed themes of attachment security which helped explain the variations in the friendships. The findings of this study opened the topic of online friendships for further exploration in the field of art therapy, both in research and in a therapy setting.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Master's Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Art Therapy
- Year dc:date.available
- 2024
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Wong, Ian
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Erin Partridge, PhD, ATR-BC
- Sarah Kremer, PhD, LPCC, ATR-BC
Subjects
dc:subject × 4Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholar.dominican.edu/art-therapy-masters-theses/12
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholar.dominican.edu:art-therapy-masters-theses-1012