Journal: Behavioral Sciences

Article Title: Creative Arts Interventions for Stress Management and Prevention—A Systematic Review

doi: 10.3390/bs8020028

Figure Lengend Snippet: Overview of Efficacy Studies on Stress Prevention and Stress Management with Creative Arts Interventions.

Article Snippet: Brodsky & Sloboda (1997) [ ] , Ib , Comparison of effect of Music Therapy and traditional verbal Psychotherapy , 55 Musician of a symphony orchestra, M = 36 years , randomized, controlled, pre/post design with follow-up , Three groups: (a) Somatron: traditional verbal psychotherapy, abbreviated progressive relaxation training (APRT), recorded music complemented by music-generated vibrations (b) Music: verbal psychotherapeutic counseling, APRT relaxation exercises supplemented with recorded music (c) Counseling: verbal psychotherapeutic counseling 1 h per week, 8 weeks , Baseline (Anxiety, Stress, Mood State, Burnout): General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), Spielberger State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Derogatis Stress Profile (DSP), Profile of Mood States (POMS), Maslach Burnout Inventory of Music Performer’s Stress (AMPS), and the Music Performance Stress Survey (MPSS) Pre-Post (Mood State, Relaxation): POMS, relaxation exercises , Multifactorial ANOVA with repeated measures , Music-supported forms of therapy as efficient as traditional counseling. 14 of the 52 sets of variables were statistically and clinically significant at measuring time 2 and 3. Differences between groups were not sig. F(2.46) = 4.16; p = 0.22..

Techniques: Activity Assay, Standard Deviation, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Comparison, Control, Expressing, Concentration Assay, Mann-Whitney U-Test, In Vitro