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{"title":"<i>Imagination Studio</i>, an arts intervention for college students with depression: changes in mental health, well-being, creativity, and flexible thinking.","authors":"Shanze Hayee, Josie Friedman, Gail A Bernstein, Bonnie Klimes-Dougan, Kristina Reigstad, Eyerusalem Abebaw, Maren E Olson, Peng Wu, Ricki Williams, Alejandra Peña-Gutiérrez, Katherine Covey, Wilma Koutstaal, Yuko Taniguchi, Kathryn R Cullen","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2026.2706807","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2026.2706807","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Depression is highly prevalent among college students. Arts-based interventions represent a promising avenue to improve college student mental health.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We examined mental health and potential mechanistic effects of cognitive flexibility and creative idea-generation in 28 college students with depression symptoms before, after, and six months after completing Imagination Studio - a novel, arts-based intervention.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Immediately post-intervention, significant changes included: (1) reductions in depression and anxiety; (2) increases in well-being; (3) improvements in creative performance and cognitive flexibility. Improvements in all measures except for creative performance were maintained six months later. Changes in mental health were not generally associated with cognitive changes.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results suggest that an arts-based intervention can improve mental health in college students, while the mechanistic roles of creative ideation and cognitive flexibility remain unclear. Larger samples and randomized control designs are necessary to further evaluate mechanisms behind arts-based interventions for college students.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148580599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Moving with meaning: community line dancing, health-motivated engagement, and belonging among older adults in Texas.","authors":"Jinxu Li, Rick Pulos","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2026.2707501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2026.2707501","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>As the U.S. population ages, identifying accessible, community-based approaches that promote older adults' physical and psychosocial well-being is increasingly important. Recent studies have shown that dance interventions can improve physical fitness and cardiovascular health among older adults. Line dancing, a widely practiced group activity, may offer benefits that extend beyond recreation. Guided by Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and the Sense of Community (SOC) framework, this study explored how older adults experience line dancing as a form of health-motivated engagement.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Eight older adults (aged 65-83; seven women and one man) who regularly attended community line dancing classes at two senior centers in College Station, Texas, participated in semi-structured, in-person interviews. Data were analyzed using a phronetic iterative approach.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Six themes were identified for autonomy, three for competence, and three for relatedness across individual and community levels. Participants experienced autonomy through self-directed engagement in dance, including lifelong passion, ongoing learning, and leadership within dance groups. Competence was reflected in skill confidence and bodily self-awareness, supported by peer recognition and opportunities to contribute to the group. Relatedness emerged through collective emotional resonance, interpersonal bonding, and a strong sense of community belonging. Together, these experiences fostered vitality, purpose, and sustained participation, demonstrating how line dancing fulfilled older adults' basic psychological needs while strengthening community connections.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Community line dancing supports self-determined, socially connected, and adaptive engagement among older adults. By integrating SDT and SOC, this study provides insights into how community-based dance programs can promote healthy aging and social well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148550870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Photography as a medium for reflecting on Alzheimer's disease in vocational training in nursing care assistance.","authors":"Elena Armenteros-Martínez, Pedro Chacón-Gordillo, Blanca Ortiz-Godoy, Xana Morales-Caruncho","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2026.2702898","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2026.2702898","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Alzheimer's disease poses not only clinical but also profound emotional and relational challenges, requiring healthcare professionals to develop empathetic and communicative competences alongside technical skills. In vocational healthcare education, arts-based approaches may contribute to a more humanised understanding of the disease. This study explores the potential of photographic artistic creation as a tool for raising awareness and fostering reflective learning about Alzheimer's disease during the initial training of auxiliary nursing care professionals.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A qualitative collective case study was conducted using an arts-informed research approach. Participants were 30 students enrolled in an Intermediate Vocational Training Programme in Auxiliary Nursing Care in southern Spain. Students engaged in a guided creative process involving photographic artworks reflecting different aspects of Alzheimer's disease. Data sources included the photographs, written reflective reports, participant observation, and an open-ended questionnaire. Visual and thematic analyses were undertaken.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The photographic artworks revealed that students were able to visually represent key cognitive, emotional, and social dimensions of Alzheimer's disease, including memory loss, disorientation, dependence, and affective suffering. The images also demonstrated sensitivity towards the lived experience of people with the disease. Most participants reported a positive perception of photography and art as resources for enhancing communication and empathy with patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings highlight the pedagogical and humanising value of photography within vocational healthcare education. Photographic artistic creation emerges as an effective reflective tool for developing professional competences related to empathy, communication, and holistic care in future auxiliary nursing care professionals working with people with Alzheimer's disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148457254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Miscarriage and wellbeing: performative rituals for visualizing loss.","authors":"Jacki Willson, Linda McGowan","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2026.2690522","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2026.2690522","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Whilst arts-based approaches are used across healthcare, an arts and health approach to miscarriage is unique in the context of mainstream emotional care provision. This pilot study was set up to explore whether performative rituals could be used as a strategy to support women and health professionals in the aftermath of miscarriage to fill an existing gap in provision.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A diverse sample of 12 women who had experienced one or recurrent miscarriages were selected from 100 women recruited via our project partners, Miscarriage Association and HOPE Support Services. A participatory workshop utilizing arts-based approaches was delivered, and a blog of 19 artists' work was presented. Interviews with 9 of the women and focus groups with 6 health professionals were undertaken to discuss the different ways that experiences of loss can be visualized and acknowledged and to understand the potential benefits of these artistic strategies of care.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Health professionals recognized an urgent need for more holistic trauma-informed care and the value of a resource that acknowledged miscarriage. Thematic analysis revealed four key themes: the value of non-judgmental support and connectedness; creatively feeling how one wants to feel; the need for support for marginalized experiences and that acknowledging miscarriage helps women's mental health.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Performative ritualized interventions offer potential by helping women to validate, acknowledge and move forward from miscarriage whilst also supporting existing NHS service provision in line with women's narratives of need.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148362899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"\"Everyone's in it with me\": Sing&Grow program fosters parent connection, wellbeing and responsiveness.","authors":"Sally Savage, Lyra L'Estrange, Laura A Bentley, Alison Liew- Stewart, Julia Oreopoulos","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2026.2688145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2026.2688145","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Sing&Grow Australia is an evidence-based, federally funded music therapy program that caters to children from birth to 5 years of age and their families across Australia. In the current study, the Sing&Grow program was delivered to families affected by sexual abuse and domestic violence, with a focus on improving parents' capacity to develop secure relationships with their young children. The lifelong effects of trauma, including developmental delays, can prevail if not addressed early in children's lives.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Eight parents participated with their children in the Sing&Grow program. Data were generated through semi-structured interviews and analysed using narrative analysis. This approach sought to further understand how involvement in the Sing&Grow program improved parents'/caregivers' self-efficacy to support their child's development using music, responsive parenting skills and subjective wellbeing.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings from the study highlighted the benefits of participation in the Sing&Grow program for parents, including increased social connectedness, responsiveness, self-efficacy and knowledge to use music as a parenting tool. Importantly, the narratives illuminated how these changes were experienced and understood by the parents within the context of trauma.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study contributes new qualitative knowledge by offering an in-depth narrative account of how trauma-aware, music-based early intervention is experienced by parents and caregivers affected by sexual abuse and domestic violence. Sing&Grow offers parents and caregivers opportunities to integrate positive social and communication skills into parenting and children's daily routines.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148260068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An Indian classical dance form, Kathak in maintaining handgrip strength symmetry and reducing the risk of hypertension.","authors":"Monika Kulshreshtha, Shivani Chandel","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2024.2355137","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17533015.2024.2355137","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The present paper aimed to study handgrip strength (HGS) asymmetry and its association with hypertension in a sample of Kathak dancers and non-dancers of North India.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data on HGS and blood pressure were collected from 206 Kathak dancers and 235 age-matched controls, using standardized protocols. Pearson correlation coefficients assessed the association between HGS and hypertension, and binary logistic regression identified the risk of developing hypertension.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>HGS asymmetry was higher among non-dancers. In Kathak dancers, systolic blood pressure (SBP) was positively correlated with HGS and negatively correlated with HGS asymmetry whereas diastolic blood pressure (DBP) was negatively correlated with both HGS and HGS asymmetry. Dancers with high HGS, have significantly reduced risk of developing hypertension. Non-dancers with HGS asymmetry were 1.8 times more likely to report hypertension, relative to dancers.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Kathak may be used as an alternative method for maintaining HGS symmetry and reducing the risk of developing hypertension.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"104-116"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140959844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Transformative and therapeutic benefits of digital storytelling: a phenomenological lifeworlds study of Patient Voices participant experiences.","authors":"L Mazzoli Smith, P Hardy, K Thompson, L Westwood","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2024.2368767","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17533015.2024.2368767","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>References to transformative and therapeutic benefits of digital storytelling are often made, yet this remains an under-explored area, which we foreground in this study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A phenomenological research design was adopted to explore through interview how a purposive sample of Patient Voices storytellers experienced participation in more than one digital storytelling workshop. Analysis was through thematic coding, linguistic analysis and use of van Manen's lifeworld existentials framework.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We find that for this particular group, the therapeutic and transformative experiences that re-centre and re-frame personal meaning do so through inter-personal connections and can be understood as a process of social learning. The lifeworld existentials analysis demonstrates that a pluralist and relational conception of wellbeing holds and there is a close relationship between this and Yalom's 11 therapeutic factors.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Drawing on group analytic literature, we suggest the concept of a social learning methodology as useful in grounding further research that seeks to understand the beneficial impacts of digital storytelling methodologies in healthcare and in contributing evidence in this field with fidelity to the lived experience as central.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"129-146"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141493915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Participatory cultural decision-making as governance for health and wellbeing.","authors":"Ursula Pool","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2025.2597261","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17533015.2025.2597261","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Governance for health and wellbeing has traditionally been structured as a top-down process, with governments and policymakers determining strategies to improve population health. While there is increasing recognition of the role of arts, creative practice, and culture in wellbeing, cultural participation is often framed as an intervention rather than a governance mechanism. This commentary argues that participatory cultural decision-making is a form of governance for health and wellbeing. By shifting from cultural consumption to cultural co-governance, participatory models such as citizens' juries and community-led planning empower communities and individuals, promoting agency, cohesion, and wellbeing.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"187-192"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145655586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Does Creative Bibliotherapy delivered in schools improve mental health-related outcomes for 5-16 year olds? A systematic review.","authors":"Hayley Redman, Daniel Mutanda, Alison Bethel, Rachel Miller, G J Melendez-Torres, Judith Green","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2025.2599866","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17533015.2025.2599866","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>There is an increasing need for effective interventions for child and adolescent mental health promotion, with mixed evidence to date on what works. Creative Bibliotherapy has promise as a pragmatic, school-based approach.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We undertook a systematic review of experimental or quasi-experimental studies of Creative Bibliotherapy designed to be delivered by teachers in schools to improve any mental health related outcome for children aged 5-16.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 3405 unique reports retrieved, 23 met the inclusion criteria. The majority were student research dissertations (<i>n</i> = 12); conducted in North America (<i>n</i> = 17); conducted in children aged 12 or under (<i>n</i> = 17). Of the 13 (57%) which reported positive impact on mental health outcomes, authors described the selection of diverse and appropriate materials; structured interaction; and trained delivery by school-based practitioners as important to success. These were neither necessary nor sufficient conditions. Few studies were well defended against risk of bias.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There are promising indications that Creative Bibliotherapy in schools can improve mental health and its contributors but, to date, no strong evidence. Much of the literature pre-dates widespread adoption of reporting guidelines, and few designs were robustly defended against bias. Whilst interventions such as Creative Bibliotherapy fit uneasily within experimental evaluation paradigms, many interventions identified in this review could be evaluated with stronger trial designs to identify both positive and negative effects, and (more importantly) the contexts and conditions under which they are likely to improve children's mental health.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"164-186"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145709150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Testing the potential therapeutic effects of an online creative arts-based intervention for people with anxiety.","authors":"Faye Sayer, R Leyva, A Luck, N Lidbetter, D Smithson","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2024.2364595","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17533015.2024.2364595","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Creative arts-based interventions are a relatively new addition to the toolkit of psychological treatments for mental afflictions. As such, the therapeutic efficacy of these therapies when conducted remotely via digital media has been under-researched. To address this gap, this study tested the effects of an online creative arts-based intervention to alleviate anxiety.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A repeated measures quasi-experimental design was employed on a sample of British adults (<i>N</i> = 41). Data were collected using pre- and post-intervention scores on the General Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) and Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing (WEMWBS) scales.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Inferential analysis procedures consisting of multiple tests for within-subjects effects all showed significantly lower levels of anxiety and higher levels of mental wellbeing post-intervention.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Whilst additional confirmatory and longitudinal research is needed, the results of this exploratory study tentatively indicate that creative arts-based \"interventions\" delivered through digital media may be effective in substantively reducing common symptoms of anxiety.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"117-128"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141297003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}