Title
Usefulness of Image Theater Workshops for Exploring Dilemmas in Diabetes Self-Management Among Adolescents
Author
Kupper, F.
Peters, L.W.H.
Stuijfzand, S.M.
den Besten, H.A.A.
van Kesteren, N.M.C.
Publication year
2018
Abstract
Diabetes treatment involves a demanding self-management regime that is particularly challenging to adolescents. There is a need for qualitative research into the specific contexts in which adolescents attempt to balance self-management demands with the needs and desires of adolescent life. This study investigates the usefulness of image theater, a participatory form of theater using the body as an expressive tool, to articulate these dilemmas in daily life contexts. We performed a qualitative analysis of two image theater workshops with 12- to 18-year-old adolescents living with diabetes. Our results show three areas of application: (a) unraveling the contextual complexity of lived experience, (b) the articulation of implicit understandings and underlying motives, and (c) the playful exploration of new behavior. We conclude that image theater is a promising method, especially with respect to the opportunities of a more contextual and action-oriented understanding of the trade-offs made in self-management provide for diabetes education and counseling.
Subject
diabetes
image theater
lived experience
participatory methods
self-management
adolescent
counseling
diabetes education
human
personal experience
qualitative analysis
self care
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/2333393618755007
TNO identifier
955004
ISSN
2333-3936
Source
Global Qualitative Nursing Research, 5 (5)
Document type
article