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Geréb Valachiné, Zsuzsanna; Karsai, Szilvia A.; Dancsik, Adél; de Oliveira Negrão, Raissa; Fitos, Michelle M.; Cserjési, Renáta – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2022
This qualitative study explored how online individual art-therapy based (ATB) self-help tasks could support international students during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Twenty-two students participated in 7 weekly online asynchronous sessions that included both art-making and reflecting writing. Emergent themes included: (1) frustration of…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, COVID-19, Pandemics, Foreign Students
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Abbott, Kayleigh A.; Shanahan, Matthew J.; Neufeld, Richard W. J. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2013
Art making has been documented as an effective stress reduction technique. In this between-subjects experimental study, possible mechanisms of stress reduction were examined in a sample of 52 university students randomly assigned to one of four conditions generated by factorially crossing Activity Type (artistic or nonartistic) with Coping…
Descriptors: Stress Management, Art Activities, College Students, Coping
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Curl, Krista – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2008
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…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Stress Management, Art Activities, Cognitive Processes