Exploration of Artistic Interventions to Avert Extremist Violent Behaviour in Children from Conflict Stricken Areas

Over the past few decades, art therapy has emerged as a promising technique to change the minds of young people who are on the verge of joining extremist groups. This paper attempts to explore whether art therapy can prevent extremist violent behaviour and terrorism. Specifically, it analyzes the efficacy of artistic interventions to provide therapy to children from conflict zones. It explores the ongoing secondary research to conduct the primary research in the art therapy field to test the key hypothesis around leveraging art to help prevent extremism induced violence.