Effect of Art Production on Negative Mood: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

By C. Bell, S. Robbins. 2007

104 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Conservation, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Visual Arts and Performing Arts

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/1ae9cbc768aee7221dc861af66b9d05799a8883d

How researchers see this paper

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In Conservation

1. Anastasia Babouchkina
2. S. Robbins
3. Susan Serice
4. Renée van der Vennet

In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. Paul J Silvia
2. Colin G. DeYoung
3. Anastasia Babouchkina
4. S. Robbins
5. Tamlin S. Conner
6. Susan Serice
7. Renée van der Vennet
8. Emily C. Nusbaum

In Visual Arts and Performing Arts

1. Anastasia Babouchkina
2. S. Robbins
3. Colin G. DeYoung
4. Paul J Silvia
5. Tamlin S. Conner
6. Susan Serice
7. Renée van der Vennet
8. James C. Kaufman

Citations in the corpus

• Can Coloring Mandalas Reduce Anxiety? A Replication Study (2012, background): “Bell and Robbins ( 2007 ) investigated the common premise in art therapy that the production of art can have “stress-reducing or relaxing effects” (p.”
• Everyday creative activity as a path to flourishing (2018, background): “…research (for a review, see Forgeard & Eichner, 2014), but research suggests that art-making interventions can reduce stress and anxiety (e.g. Bell & Robbins, 2007; cf. Forgeard & Eichner, 2014) and that classroom-based creative expression programs incorporating dance, drama, or the visual…”
• Reducing Negative Mood Through Mandala Creation: A Randomized Controlled Trial (2015, methodology): “The second author has used the POMS with success in earlier work to document significant changes in negative mood brought about by art making (Bell & Robbins, 2007; Boothby & Robbins, 2011; Kimport & Robbins, 2012).”