Short-Term Mood Repair through Art: Effects of Medium and Strategy

Autor/inn/en	Drake, Jennifer E.; Coleman, Katelyn; Winner, Ellen
Titel	Short-Term Mood Repair through Art: Effects of Medium and Strategy
Quelle	In: Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 28 (2011) 1, S.26-30 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0742-1656
DOI	10.1080/07421656.2011.557032
Schlagwörter	Art Therapy; Freehand Drawing; Writing (Composition); Psychological Patterns; Undergraduate Students; Affective Behavior; Questionnaires + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kunsttherapie; Drawing; Zeichnen; Schreibübung; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Fragebogen
Abstract	This study examined the effects of expressive media (drawing versus writing) and emotion regulation strategy (coping by venting versus coping by distraction) on short-term mood repair. After inducing a sad mood in 40 participants, the researchers randomly assigned them to one of two conditions: drawing or writing. Mood valence was assessed before and after the activity, and participants reported whether they used the activity to vent or to distract themselves. Findings indicated that mood valence was significantly more positive after drawing than writing, and more positive when individuals reported using distraction rather than venting to regulate their emotions. Drawing in this study was a more effective means of immediate mood repair than writing; both activities repaired mood more effectively through distraction than through venting. (Contains 1 table and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10