ArticleFrontiers in public health2024
Creating arts and crafting positively predicts subjective wellbeing.
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- Creative Arts Therapy for Anxiety, Depression, and Quality of Life in Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Psycho-oncology · 2026Pooled it
- The effects of crafts-based interventions on mental health and well-being: A systematic review.Australian occupational therapy journal · 2025Pooled it
- Volunteering Predicts Mixed Outcomes on Subjective Wellbeing.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Understanding Well-Being in Daily Life: Informal Social Support, Depression Risk, and Life Satisfaction Among Chinese Older Adults with Disabilities.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Changes in mental health during participation in Art Pharmacy: a longitudinal study of a U.S. arts-based social prescribing program.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Integrated arts engagement as preventive infrastructure for active and healthy aging: a conceptual and policy framework.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- "I feel good in this creative world": a multi-methods study exploring older artisans' attributions of mental health, quality of life, and well-being to their work in a UNESCO Creative City of crafts and folk art.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Crafts as an example of active and productive aging: profiles of artisans and family transmission in a UNESCO Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Perceived health, quality of life and happiness among older professional artisans in a UNESCO Creative City of crafts and folk art.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Introduction: This study explored whether engagement with Creating Arts and Crafting (CAC) predicted subjective wellbeing and loneliness, above and beyond known sociodemographic predictors. Methods: Secondary data from 7,182 adults living in England from the Taking Part Survey (a 2019-2020 UK household survey of culture and sport participation) were analyzed. Hierarchical Linear regressions were used to explore the predictive effect of engagement with CAC on aspects of subjective wellbeing (anxiety, happiness, life satisfaction and a sense that life is worthwhile) and loneliness. Covariates included gender, Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), age group, health and employment status. Results: Engaging in CAC significantly predicted increased life satisfaction, a sense that life is worthwhile and happiness, above and beyond known sociodemographic predictors. Conclusion: Our study provides support for the wellbeing benefits of engagement with creating arts and crafting, and we suggest that this will be a useful tool at a public health level, noting that relative accessibility and affordability creating arts and crafting.
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