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Cross, Gemma; Brown, Patricia M. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2019
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…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Therapy, Metacognition, Anxiety
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Gray, Bronwen Lucie – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2012
This article discusses the theoretical and social contexts of a community art project that took place at a public housing estate located in Melbourne, Australia. The art intervention was aimed at increasing the residents' health and well-being through the empowerment of their own cultural creations. Three sculptures in the form of giant babushka…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Art Therapy, Art Activities, Community Programs
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Mountain, Vivienne – International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 2007
As a Chaplain working in the Anglican school system in Melbourne, Australia, my concern is with the spiritual development of students. This year I have been trialing the educational application of activities used in creative arts therapy. Continuing the theme of my recent doctoral studies in children's spirituality, I am concerned that education…
Descriptors: Imagination, Art Activities, Foreign Countries, Religious Factors