Ozola, AijaMārtinsone, KristīneUšča, SvetlanaDanilāne, LīgaLaganovska, KarīneZnotiņa, Daina2022-08-162022-08-162022Ozola, A & Mārtinsone, K 2022, Mākslas terapeitu pašpalīdzības stratēģiju specifika. in S Ušča, L Danilāne, K Laganovska & D Znotiņa (eds), Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība = Society. Integration. Education : starptautiskās zinātniskās konferences materiāli = proceedings of the international scientific conference. vol. 1, Society. Integration. Education=Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība, Rēzeknes Tehnoloģiju akadēmija, Rēzekne, pp. 828-845, 16th International Scientific Conference “Society. Integration. Education: Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība”, 2022, Rezekne, Latvia, 27/05/22. https://doi.org/10.17770/sie2022vol1.6849conference1691-5887Mendeley: a38ec5be-96be-3037-8d71-5c99dd94ea88https://dspace.rsu.lv/jspui/handle/123456789/9442Covid-19 pandemic poses significant increase in hazards to professionals’ health and well-being in the helping professions. Thus, their ability to provide compassionate and effective care to the population is at risk. Self-care is one of available resources that can strengthen mental health and promote psychological resilience in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. The study aimed to explore arts therapists’ self-care strategies and their specifics compared with those of other psychological help providers and functional specialists. Based on Self-Care Strategies Questionnaire, a survey was conducted between March 2021 and January 2022. Following two instructions, respondents assessed 63 self-care activities by their importance and attainability. All items were rated on a 4-point Likert scale. The sample of 289 respondents comprised 73 arts therapists, 159 other psychological help providers and 57 other functional specialists. Although the assessment of arts therapists’ self-care strategies revealed a high degree of heterogeneity, in all of strategies importance was scored significantly higher compared with attainability. Six out of 14 self-care strategies and one separate activity revealed statistically significant differences between arts therapists’ and other functional specialists’ self-care strategies. There was no significant difference indicated between arts therapists’ and psychological help providers’ self-care strategies.18345203lavinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessarts therapistsattainabilityCOVID-19 pandemicfunctional specialistimportancepsychological help providersself-care5.1 Psychology3.2. Articles or chapters in other proceedings other than those included in 3.1., with an ISBN or ISSN codeSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being/dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/researchoutputtypes/contributiontobookanthology/conference10.17770/sie2022vol1.6849https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/a38ec5be-96be-3037-8d71-5c99dd94ea88/