This paper proposes the Imaginal-Affective Symbolization (IAS) Model, a theoretical framework aimed at explaining how emotional communication occurs through art-making in adolescents.
No empirical outcomes or quantitative results are reported; this is a theoretical/conceptual paper introducing a new framework for understanding adolescent emotional expression in art therapy.
As a purely theoretical model, the IAS framework lacks empirical validation; no clinical trial, case series, or comparative data are presented to support its proposed mechanisms.
Clinicians working with adolescents in art therapy settings may use this framework as a conceptual lens for interpreting how image-making translates emotional experience into symbolic communication. Empirical studies are needed before drawing clinical conclusions.
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