Trial reportPloS one2019
Anxiety reduction through art therapy in women. Exploring stress regulation and executive functioning as underlying neurocognitive mechanisms.
Trial report in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Effects of art therapy on psychological outcomes among children and adolescents with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Pooled it
- Active Visual Art Therapy and Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2024Pooled it
- Anterior insula and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex as a hub of self-regulation: combining activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis and meta-analytic connectivity modeling analysis.Brain structure & function · 2023Pooled it
- Art therapy in addiction recovery the face of addiction through artworks based on clinical case studies.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2026Article
- A conceptual framework for a neurophysiological basis of art therapy for PTSD.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Review
- Prevalence of Temporomandibular Disorder and its association with anxiety in academics: a cross-sectional study.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina · 2024Article
- The effects of arts and crafts therapy on post-stroke executive dysfunction: a pilot randomized control test.Frontiers in stroke · 2023Article
- The effect of active visual art therapy on health outcomes: protocol of a systematic review of randomised controlled trials.Systematic reviews · 2022Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesTo explore possible working mechanisms of anxiety reduction in women with anxiety disorders, treated with art therapy (AT).
methodsA RCT comparing AT versus waiting list (WL) condition on aspects of self-regulation. Stress regulation (heart rate and heart rate variability) and executive functioning (daily behavioural and cognitive performance aspects of executive functioning (EF)) were evaluated in a pre-post design. Participants were women, aged 18-65 years with moderate to severe anxiety symptoms.
resultsEffectiveness of AT compared to WL was demonstrated in a higher resting HRV post treatment, improvements in aspects of self-reported daily EF (emotion control, working memory, plan/organize and task monitor), but not in cognitive performance of EF, stress responsiveness and down regulation of stress. The decrease in anxiety level was associated with improvements in self-reported daily EF.
conclusionsAT improves resting HRV and aspects of EF, the latter was associated with art therapy-related anxiety reduction.
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