A Comparison of the Positive Effects of Structured and Nonstructured Art Activities

Autor/inn/en	Cross, Gemma; Brown, Patricia M.
Titel	A Comparison of the Positive Effects of Structured and Nonstructured Art Activities
Quelle	In: Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 36 (2019) 1, S.22-29 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Brown, Patricia M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0742-1656
DOI	10.1080/07421656.2019.1564642
Schlagwörter	Art Activities; Art Therapy; Metacognition; Anxiety; Psychological Patterns; Foreign Countries; College Students; Freehand Drawing; Outcomes of Treatment; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Künstlerische Tätigkeit; Kunsttherapie; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Angst; Ausland; Collegestudent; Drawing; Zeichnen; Australien
Abstract	This study compared the effects of 2 art activities (structured and nonstructured) and a focused breathing exercise on outcome measures of mindfulness, anxiety, and affect. Seventy-seven participants, recruited from university students and the general public, were randomly assigned to either 15 min of coloring a mandala (structured), free drawing (nonstructured), or a focused breathing exercise. Results demonstrated that all 3 interventions produced significant improvements in the outcome measures at posttest compared with pretest. However, no significant differences were found across the 3 intervention conditions. These findings inform the design of brief interventions aimed at achieving short-term positive psychological benefits in nonclinical populations. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01