Art-making effect on emotions and stress

Two ways of art-making (distraction and expression of the event) are examined as a form of stress and mood regulation activity in undergraduate students (n=20). A present stressful situation is recalled by the participants as an induced situation and the assigned to one of four conditions. Stress an...

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Main Authors: Minerva Vanegas-Farfano, Mónica González
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2015-02-01
Series:Arteterapia
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Online Access:http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ARTE/article/view/47488
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description Two ways of art-making (distraction and expression of the event) are examined as a form of stress and mood regulation activity in undergraduate students (n=20). A present stressful situation is recalled by the participants as an induced situation and the assigned to one of four conditions. Stress and affect were mesured before and after de assigned activity. Results reveals that stress and negative affect improved significantly in the distraction condition. The result indicates a probably association between art-making as a stress management activity and regular coping strategies.
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spelling doaj-art-75ff4db8a4ee454ea95c854de31a01442025-08-20T03:35:18ZengUniversidad Complutense de MadridArteterapia1886-61901988-83092015-02-019014515410.5209/rev_ARTE.2014.v9.4748845593Art-making effect on emotions and stressMinerva Vanegas-Farfano0Mónica González1Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Nuevo León, MéxicoUniversidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Nuevo León, MéxicoTwo ways of art-making (distraction and expression of the event) are examined as a form of stress and mood regulation activity in undergraduate students (n=20). A present stressful situation is recalled by the participants as an induced situation and the assigned to one of four conditions. Stress and affect were mesured before and after de assigned activity. Results reveals that stress and negative affect improved significantly in the distraction condition. The result indicates a probably association between art-making as a stress management activity and regular coping strategies.http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ARTE/article/view/47488Actividad artísticaAfrontamiento del estrésRegulación emocional.
spellingShingle Minerva Vanegas-Farfano
Mónica González
Art-making effect on emotions and stress
Arteterapia
Actividad artística
Afrontamiento del estrés
Regulación emocional.
title Art-making effect on emotions and stress
title_full Art-making effect on emotions and stress
title_fullStr Art-making effect on emotions and stress
title_full_unstemmed Art-making effect on emotions and stress
title_short Art-making effect on emotions and stress
title_sort art making effect on emotions and stress
topic Actividad artística
Afrontamiento del estrés
Regulación emocional.
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