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HeeJoo Roh; Elizabeth J. Krumrei-Mancuso; Cindy Miller-Perrin – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2024
This study examined the impact of digital versus traditional mandala coloring on death anxiety levels among 69 adults over the age of 50. Participants were randomly assigned to a digital coloring, traditional coloring, or non-art activity (completing a word search) and levels of death anxiety were compared following a death anxiety induction. We…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Anxiety, Death, Art Therapy
Aris Karagiorgakis; Kaitlin Palmer – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2024
Prior research suggests that creating art can reduce mental health symptoms, such as anxiety. It has also been proposed that creating art within the geometric shape of a circle may confer additional therapeutic benefits. However, it remains unclear whether creating art within a circle or creating art with no restrictions reduces anxiety in both…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Art Therapy, Freehand Drawing, Anxiety
Andrea Cheshure; Theresa Van Lith – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine how college students perceive and manage stress and anxiety in the university setting and explain their perceptions of the effects of MBAT, NCT, and MO on stress, anxiety, and general student functioning. Participants: 58 undergraduate college students participated in post-test interviews…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Stress Management, Art Therapy, Mental Health
Nuttall, Michelle; Pelletier, Lise – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2021
Repetition compulsion is a psychodynamic concept that explains an attempt to master trauma. This case study attempts to understand the possible meanings of symbol repetition that occurred in the art therapy process of a twelve-year-old boy with acute methylmalonic acidemia. Over 29 sessions of art therapy, the client demonstrated repetition…
Descriptors: Repetition, Art Therapy, Trauma, Power Structure
Becerra, Leslie A.; Hill, Elizabeth M.; Abraham, Kristen M. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2022
This mixed methods study assessed the emotional impact of therapeutic art techniques in reducing subjective anxiety by comparing three options for drawing a self-portrait: literal self-portrait, mandala, and free drawing. Undergraduate college students (n = 60) were provided with a mood induction procedure and then randomly assigned to a drawing…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Freehand Drawing, Anxiety, Art Therapy
Jakobsson Støre, Siri; Jakobsson, Niklas – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2022
This meta-analysis assessed the effectiveness of mandala coloring, compared with free drawing, on state anxiety in adults. A systematic search for studies yielded eight studies, which constituted a total of 578 participants, with 289 in the mandala coloring group and 289 in the free drawing group. The results indicated that coloring mandala…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Anxiety, Program Effectiveness, Freehand Drawing
Wang, Chaoyang; Darbari, Isha; Tolaymat, Mazen; Quezada, Sandra; Allen, John; Cross, Raymond K. – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Medical students report high levels of psychological distress compared to the general population, yet they also underutilize mental health services. Our Mindfulness-Based Art Workshops (MBAW) combine two established, formal interventions: (a) Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, an 8-week group series teaching mindfulness practices, shown to reduce…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Metacognition, Peer Teaching, Workshops
Kathleen Petka – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This research study is a qualitative action research study that examines the best ways to support the emotional needs of students as they matriculate through high school. Specifically for this study, high school educators who teach in the four academic content areas (English, Math, Science, and Social Studies classes) implemented Calming Corners,…
Descriptors: High School Students, High School Teachers, Anxiety, Relaxation Training
Chilton, Gioia; Lynskey, Kristin; Ohnstad, Erica; Manders, Elizabeth – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2021
Addictions professionals are at risk for compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress. This arts-based research, enhanced with qualitative processes, explored the experience and benefits of El Duende process painting (EDPP) in clinical supervision with art therapists. Supervision consisted of eight sessions. Data included interviews and…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Addictive Behavior, Supervision, Allied Health Personnel
Hartman, Ashley; Campenni, C. Estelle – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2022
This randomized controlled study examined the effects of creating open circle mandalas with divergent instruction type (distraction and reflection) and medium type (resistive and fluid) on state anxiety, mood, and mindfulness. The design followed a 2 (instruction type) x 2 (medium type) x 3 (time) mixed experimental design. Reflective writing…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Metacognition, Art Activities, Art Therapy
Shields, Margaret; Hunnell, William; Tucker, Melanie; Price, Annie – Journal of Health Education Teaching, 2020
Purpose: Anxiety disorders are a common mental health problem on college campuses. Underused creative programs offer intrinsic value to the successful integration of college students. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of the use of building block therapy (LEGO® ) in stress management/reduction in comparison to traditional art…
Descriptors: Stress Management, Anxiety, College Students, Art Therapy
Tal Hanan – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study employed art-based research with phenomenological qualitative inquiry to understand the perspectives of professionals who are working in the Israeli school system with children diagnosed with selective mutism. Selective mutism (SM) is a disorder originated in anxiety in which a child, between the ages of 3-5, does not speak at school…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Psychosomatic Disorders, Foreign Countries, Children
Halmatov, Sultanberk; Aleksandrovna, Panfilova Marina – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2021
Teaching 5-7-year old children with fear problems to cope with them is a substantial issue for many parents. The techniques that rapidly and effectively correct problematic child fears are essential for child psychologists. This study aims to reveal how to work effectively with children's fears through short-term psychological support. A total of…
Descriptors: Fear, Coping, Intervention, Psychological Patterns
Stallings, Jessica Woolhiser – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2022
A hallmark symptom of autism includes restricted repetitive behaviors that manifest as special interest fixations. These interests can aid in building therapeutic relationships in art therapy. A retrospective review of clinical notes based in grounded theory identified 6 ways pop culture special interests function in the art therapy relationship:…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Popular Culture, Art Therapy, Behavior Problems
Rossetti, Ceara – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2021
Women hospitalized on an antepartum unit can benefit from an open studio art therapy group. A case description follows six women over five group sessions. Several common experiences that occurred throughout the sessions included isolation/boredom, uncertainty, lack of control, and family. Art therapy in a group setting allowed the women to express…
Descriptors: Females, Hospitals, Art Therapy, Group Therapy