Creativity, health and arts advocacy

Madden, Christopher; Bloom, Taryn

doi:10.1080/1028663042000255772

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“…In line with Moritz, Kelly, Angen, Quan, Toews, and Rickhi's [28] findings, perspective was a shared benefit. The benefits of creative expression as a positive focus and perceiving God as a friend were reported as meaningful outcomes.…”

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“…Self-esteem has been shown to be an effective buffer against stress (e.g., [10,22]), implicated in coping with chronic illness [23], and to support well-being [1], positive affect in chronic disease patients [22] and mental health [24]. Meaning in life, in particular, has been strongly associated with coping and mental health [12,13,[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32].…”

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Spirituality and Creativity in Coping, Their Association and Transformative Effect: A Qualitative Enquiry

2015

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While the beneficial effects on mental health of spirituality and creativity as separate entities have been well documented, little attention has been given to the interactive effect of the two constructs in coping. Recently, the theory of transformative coping and associated Transformative Coping Model have been developed and examined from both theoretical and quantitative perspectives. To extend this work, the present study critically examined the theory of transformative coping and associated Transformative Coping Model from a qualitative perspective. Ten interviews were conducted among Northern Irish and Irish artists, contemplative prayer group members, and mental health service users. Data were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The results showed that the majority of participants had experienced stress and trauma, and have suffered mental ill-health as a consequence. Most defined themselves as both creative and spiritual, and resorted to a spiritual attitude along with creative expression in order to cope with traumatic events and ongoing stressful situations. Most participants believed that their creativity was rooted in their spirituality and that the application of both helped them to transform negative emotional states into positive ones. This, in turn, gave them increased resilience to and a different perspective of stressful events, which aided and improved their coping skills throughout the lifespan. OPEN ACCESSReligions 2015, 6 500

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Spirituality and Creativity in Coping, Their Association and Transformative Effect: A Qualitative Enquiry

2015

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“…Whilst the scientific evidence is not conclusive, the medical establishment seems, to a large extent, to have accepted the idea that arts activities can have a beneficial therapeutic function (often in conjunction with medication) in alleviating the symptoms of mild psychological pathologies (such as, for instance, minor depression) (Madden & Bloom, 2004 described his illness as a process of self-change centred around a rekindling of his religious faith (Frank, 1993, p. 39 Frank, 1993, p. 40).…”

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Determinants of Impact: Towards a Better Understanding of Encounters with the Arts

Belfiore¹,

Беннетт²

2007

Cultural Trends

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The paper argues that current methods for assessing the impact of the arts are largely based on a fragmented and incomplete understanding of the cognitive, psychological and socio-cultural dynamics that govern the aesthetic experience. It postulates that a better grasp of the interaction between the individual and the work of art is the necessary foundation for a genuine understanding of how the arts can affect people. Through a critique of philosophical and empirical attempts to capture the main features of the aesthetic encounter, the paper draws attention to the gaps in our current understanding of the responses to art. It proposes a classification and exploration of the factors -social, cultural and psychological -that contribute to shaping the aesthetic experience, thus determining the possibility of impact. The 'determinants of impact' identified are distinguished into three groups: those that are inherent to the individual who interacts with the artwork; those that are inherent to the artwork; and 'environmental factors', which are extrinsic to both the individual and the artwork. The paper concludes that any meaningful attempt to assess the impact of the arts would need to take these 'determinants of impact' into account, in order to capture the multidimensional and subjective nature of the aesthetic experience. Keywords:Arts impacts assessment; aesthetic experience; transformative powers of the arts; reception; audience research.1 The authors would like to acknowledge the Arts and Humanities Research Council and Arts Council England for their support of this research and thank three anonymous referees for their useful suggestions and insightful comments on an earlier draft of the paper. 2 IntroductionThere are many things that policy makers expect the subsidised arts to achieve. These have to do with, amongst other things, local and national economic development; job creation; the enhancement of self-esteem, personal health and well-being; an individual's competitiveness in the job market; and the reduction of criminal re-offending. As we have put it in an earlier paper (Bennett, 2002), "[i]t really is difficult to think of any other area of public policy which attracts quite such an extraordinary combination of expectations". This paper concerns itself in particular with the belief, central to contemporary articulations of the aims and rationales for public support of the arts, that the artistic experience can have transformative effects on both the individual and society. The following passage from manifesto Ambition for the Arts, clearly shows the central place that the language of transformation has gained in the official rhetoric that accompanies arts funding in England:We will argue that being involved with the arts can have a lasting and transforming effect on many aspects of people's lives. This is true not just for individuals, but also for neighbourhoods, communities, regions and entire generations, whose sense of identity and purpose can be One thing that our extensive analysis of sources, ...

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“…Of particular concern are the potential mental health benefits derived from the combined application of creativity (Braverman Schmidt, 2006;Heenan, 2006;Madden & Bloom, 2004), and spirituality (Bray, 2010;Chiu, Emblen, Van Hofwegen, Sawatzky, & Meyerhoff, 2004;Faull & Hills, 2006) in coping.…”

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The creativity-spirituality construct and its role in transformative coping

Corry

Mallett

Lewis

et al. 2013

Mental Health, Religion & Culture

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The present study examines whether and to what extent creativity and spirituality are used in coping in a cross-cultural and cross-denominational student sample of 610 participants. Two new theorybased instruments, displaying good internal consistency and satisfactory levels of content-, and construct validity, are introduced, the Creative Coping Scale-19 (CCS-19), and the Spiritual Coping Scale-30 (SCS-30). A positive, moderate relationship between creative and spiritual coping emerged, thus supporting the theory of transformative coping. The findings demonstrated that participants applied both creative and spiritual coping in their lives in order to deal with acute and chronic stress. Associations between creative and spiritual coping and demographic variables were outlined. Practical applications for the promotion of mental health were discussed. Future research should seek to replicate and extend the present findings.

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Creativity, health and arts advocacy

Cited by 25 publications

References 73 publications

Spirituality and Creativity in Coping, Their Association and Transformative Effect: A Qualitative Enquiry

Spirituality and Creativity in Coping, Their Association and Transformative Effect: A Qualitative Enquiry

Determinants of Impact: Towards a Better Understanding of Encounters with the Arts

The creativity-spirituality construct and its role in transformative coping

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