ArticleMedical humanities2020
Culture and mood disorders: the effect of abstraction in image, narrative and film on depression and anxiety.
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- Comparative Assessment of Physiological Responses to Emotional Elicitation by Auditory and Visual Stimuli.IEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Can cultural representations be used to therapeutic effect in the treatment of mood disorders like depression and anxiety? This article develops a theoretical framework that outlines how this might be achieved by way of mid-level cultural metrics that allow otherwise heterogeneous forms of representation to be grouped together. Its prediction is that abstract representations-as measured by Shannon entropy-will impact positively on anxiety, where concrete representations will positively impact on depression. The background to the prediction comes from construal level theory, a branch of social psychology that deals with the effects of abstraction on psychological distance; the types of cultural representations analysed include image, narrative and film. With a view to evaluating the hypothesis, the article surveys the empirical literature in art therapy, creative bibliotherapy and cinema therapy.
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