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Holt, Nicola J.; Furbert, Leah; Sweetingham, Emily – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2019
This research sought to replicate and extend work suggesting that coloring can reduce anxiety, asking whether coloring can improve cognitive performance. In 2 experiments, undergraduates (N = 47, N = 52) colored and participated in a control condition. Subjective and performance measures of mood and mindfulness were included: an implicit mood test…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Therapy, Anxiety, Undergraduate Students
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Carsley, Dana; Heath, Nancy L.; Fajnerova, Sophia – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2015
To evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based structured versus unstructured coloring on test anxiety, 52 participants (53.8% female; M[subscript age] = 10.92 years, SD = 0.82) were randomly assigned to either a structured mandala (n = 26) or free coloring condition (n = 26), and completed a standardized anxiety measure to assess anxiety…
Descriptors: Perception, Metacognition, Attention Control, Test Anxiety