Clay and Anxiety Reduction: A One-Group, Pretest/Posttest Design with Patients on a Psychiatric Unit

Autor/inn/en	Kimport, Elizabeth R.; Hartzell, Elizabeth
Titel	Clay and Anxiety Reduction: A One-Group, Pretest/Posttest Design with Patients on a Psychiatric Unit
Quelle	In: Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 32 (2015) 4, S.184-189 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0742-1656
DOI	10.1080/07421656.2015.1092802
Schlagwörter	Art Materials; Art Therapy; Anxiety; Intervention; Patients; Psychiatric Hospitals; Adults; Pretests Posttests; Ceramics; Gender Differences; Likert Scales; Statistical Analysis; Outcomes of Treatment; State Trait Anxiety Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kunsttherapie; Angst; Patient; Phsychiatric institution; Psychiatrische Einrichtung; Keramik; Geschlechterkonflikt; Likert-Skala; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Little research exists on using clay as an anxiety-reducing intervention with patients in psychiatric hospitals. This article reports on a study that used a one-group, pretest/posttest design with 49 adults in a psychiatric facility who created a clay pinch pot. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) was used as a pre- and posttest measure. Results revealed a significant decrease in anxiety and a significant gender interaction. Pretest mean scores for men were higher than those for women, rendering the amount of anxiety reduction significantly greater for men. These results provide evidence that clay work may effectively reduce state anxiety for adult psychiatric inpatients. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01