Exploring barriers to and drivers of participatory arts engagement in early adolescence.

The well-being benefits of virtual art galleries: Examining the roles of emotion, immersion, and individual differences

“…Interestingly, however, some of the associations were counter-intuitive, such as people high in openness showing less positive and more negative emotion across sessions. Typically, people high in openness show higher engagement with art (Clarke et al, 2023), so one potential explanation lies in the virtual nature of art engagement in this study. Specifically, it's possible that people high in openness prefer engaging with art in person rather than in a digital context and so showed lower emotional well-being across sessions-future research should continue to explore this relationship.…”

“…They found that aesthetic responsiveness was important for both liking and meaning judgments but that meaning was the predominant driver of flourishing changes. Further, other work suggests that, in adolescents, personality may be an important factor in shaping which art experiences are appealing and which people are willing to engage in (Kelleher- Clarke et al, 2023)-keeping in mind these influences of personality when designing experiences, so as to offer a variety of experiences, will be important in helping people gain well-being benefits via arts engagement. Approaches such as this should continue to be used in future work to understand the multiple factors that are implicated in influencing well-being through art.…”

The Well-Being Benefits of Virtual Art Galleries: Examining the Roles of Emotion, Immersion, and Individual Differences

“…Interestingly, however, some of the associations were counter-intuitive, such as people high in openness showing less positive and more negative emotion across sessions. Typically, people high in openness show higher engagement with art (Clarke et al, 2023), so one potential explanation lies in the virtual nature of art engagement in this study. Specifically, it's possible that people high in openness prefer engaging with art in person rather than in a digital context and so showed lower emotional wellbeing across sessions-future research should continue to explore this relationship.…”