Cognitive and Affective Benefits of Coloring: Two Randomized Controlled Crossover Studies

Autor/inn/en	Holt, Nicola J.; Furbert, Leah; Sweetingham, Emily
Titel	Cognitive and Affective Benefits of Coloring: Two Randomized Controlled Crossover Studies
Quelle	In: Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 36 (2019) 4, S.200-208 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Holt, Nicola J.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0742-1656
DOI	10.1080/07421656.2019.1645498
Schlagwörter	Art Activities; Art Therapy; Anxiety; Undergraduate Students; Comparative Analysis; Task Analysis; Metacognition; Scores; Fear; Attention Control; Schemata (Cognition); Creative Thinking; Tests; Psychological Patterns; Likert Scales; Creativity Tests; Psychology; Outcomes of Education; State Trait Anxiety Inventory; Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Künstlerische Tätigkeit; Kunsttherapie; Angst; Aufgabenanalyse; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Furcht; Aufmerksamkeitstest; Cognition; Schema; Kognition; Kreatives Denken; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Likert-Skala; Creativity test; Kreativitätstest; Psychologie; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg
Abstract	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 (Experiment 1) and a selective attention task (Experiment 2) along with a divergent thinking test. In both experiments, coloring significantly reduced anxiety and increased mindfulness compared with control and baseline scores. Following coloring, participants scored significantly lower on implicit fear than the control condition, and significantly higher on selective attention and original ideation. Coloring might not only reduce anxiety, but also improve mindful attention and creative cognition. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01