Assessing Stress Reduction as a Function of Artistic Creation and Cognitive Focus

Autor/in	Curl, Krista
Titel	Assessing Stress Reduction as a Function of Artistic Creation and Cognitive Focus
Quelle	In: Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 25 (2008) 4, S.164-169 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0742-1656
Schlagwörter	Art Therapy; Stress Management; Art Activities; Cognitive Processes; Comparative Analysis; Stress Variables; Coping; Creativity; Problem Solving; Mental Health; College Students; Anxiety; Psychological Patterns; Creative Activities; State Trait Anxiety Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kunsttherapie; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Künstlerische Tätigkeit; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Bewältigung; Kreativität; Problemlösen; Psychohygiene; Collegestudent; Angst
Abstract	In this outcomes study (N=40), changes in stress levels were compared across two participant conditions for a period of artistic activity with a cognitive focus on either a personally stressful or positive situation. Results indicated that participants in the positive-focus condition demonstrated a significant decrease in stress, whereas participants in the negative-focus condition demonstrated a slight increase in stress (p less than 0.05). These findings on stress reduction give strength to the hypothesis that art making is a means of receiving a "creative high" (Foster, 1992), although long-term follow-up is necessary to adequately assess this phenomenon as it may pertain to art therapy. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10