Abstract
For seriously mentally ill adults, empowerment is critical to maximizing participation in major life activities. Although studies have identified interventions that have positively impacted empowerment, these interventions may not be applicable or amenable to all adults with serious mental illness. More interventions with other approaches are needed. Therefore, this study evaluated the initial implementation of a movement- and mindfulness-based workshop intervention. Quantitative data were used to examine differences in empowerment before and after the workshop, and qualitative data were used to explore participants’ perceptions of the reasons for empowerment differences. Ten participants completed the intervention, and nine of the ten participants also completed follow-up interviews. Quantitative data were collected via pre- and post-intervention surveys. Qualitative data were collected through follow-up interviews with the participants. Surveys revealed perceptions of optimism and control over the future increased between pre- and post-intervention. Interviews uncovered that increases in optimism and control over the future may have been related to workshop accomplishments and reduced helplessness outside of workshop sessions. Future research would benefit from the creation of a training manual along with a validated system to monitor intervention fidelity.
Highlights
For seriously mentally ill adults, empowerment is critical to maximizing participation in major life activities
This literature review focused on three aspects important to the Empowerment Through Movement and Stillness Workshop (ETMSW) intervention: (1) empowerment in adults with serious mental illness (SMI), (2) empowerment and dance movement, and (3) empowerment and mindfulness
Participants completed a one-page worksheet with questions asking about their perceptions of the movement and mindfulness experience, how they felt, and what they noticed about their body
Summary
This literature review focused on three aspects important to the ETMSW intervention: (1) empowerment in adults with SMI, (2) empowerment and dance movement, and (3) empowerment and mindfulness. In line with this definition of empowerment, Rogers and colleagues (1997) created an empirical model for empowering adults with SMI comprised of five aspects: self-esteemself-efficacy, power-powerlessness, community activism and autonomy, optimism and control over the future, and righteous anger (see Figure 1). While still closing or resting their eyes, participants were asked to visualize themselves making the shapes while the cue words were repeated while again noticing how they felt in their body
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