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This trend supports inquiry into how art therapists interact with and emotionally respond to the demands of technology. This paper presents a qualitative study that used 3 art-based focus groups (N = 13) to explore art therapists’ reactions to technology. The phenomenological data analysis identified the dynamics and experiences that activated the participants’ emotional responses to technology, which were most frequently cited as fear andanger. Results suggest a conflict between the desire to promote art therapy and engage in technology and the desire to remain loyal to the field’s origins in traditional methods of communication and art media.  \nIntroduction  \nArt therapists often feel an urgency to present their clinical work in ways that expand awareness of the field and inform their colleagues in the larger mental health community. Over the last decade, educational and presentation technology increasingly has been utilized to meet this need, and this technology has become integrated into art therapy education. Faculty, students, and graduates alike are expected to use technology both in the learning process and also in presenting clinical work. This trend supports inquiry into how art therapists interact with technology and, more specifically, their emotional responses to its demands. Throughout this paper the general term technology is utilized to mean educational, library, and presentation technologies.  \nConcern for attitudes and emotional reactions to technology can be found in the literature of other disciplines. In the field of educational technology, many studies focus on correlations between computer attitudes, computer self-efficacy, and computer anxiety (Compeau, Higgins, Christopher, & Huff, 1999; Hill, Smith, & Mann, 1986, 1987; Parish & Necessary, 1996; Thatcher & Perrewe, 2002) . Most are quantitative studies that examine these correlations rather than seeking to reveal the nature of the underlying emotions or presenting options for overcoming obstacles.  \nEditor’s note: Paige Asawa, PhD, LMFT, ATR-BC, is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Helen Landgarten Art Therapy Clinic at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. Correspondence concerning this article should be directed to the author [at pasawa@lmu.edu](at pasawa@lmu.edu)  \nThe use of technology in art therapy has been discussed in the literature for over 20 years and the discussion has covered a range of issues; however, an exploration of emotional reactions to technology is absent. Creswell (1998) asserted that the “strongest and most scholarly rationale for a study…follows from a documented need in the literature for increased understanding and dialogue about an issue”(p. 84) . Thus, expanding the dialogue on the emotional obstacles that art therapists face when engaging technology can increase the understanding of these barriers and can develop interventions to bridge the digital divide.  \nLiterature Review  \nEmotion Theory and Emotion Activation  \nAttitudes and reactions to technology are covered by the research on emotion, which has evolved from many different disciplines. It may be due to this interdisciplinary evolution that the study of emotions has been described as controversial, confusing, challenging, and mysterious (Izard, 2002; LeDoux, 1995; Plutchik, 2001; Russell, 2003) despite the fact that emotions are fundamental to the development and adaptation of human beings. Drawing from psycho-evolutionary theory, Russell described two interconnected dimensions of emotion as core affect: pleasure–displeasure and activation–deactivation. He differentiated core affect, which resides within the person, from affective quality, which exists in the stimulus. He asserted ","cbCaigharPxZckQX","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigharPxZckQX","pdf",357467,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n# Literature Review\n## Emotion Theory and Emotion Activation","[{\"question\":\"What was the focus of the study about technology?\",\"answer\":\"The study explored how art therapists interact with technology and their emotional responses to its demands.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the research conducted?\",\"answer\":\"It used a qualitative phenomenological approach with three art-based focus groups, involving 13 art therapists.\"},{\"question\":\"What emotions did participants most frequently report?\",\"answer\":\"Participants most frequently cited fear and anger as their emotional responses to technology.\"}]","Art Therapists’ Emotional Reactions to the Demands of Technology | PDF"]