Psychological well-being, characterized by feelings, cognitions, and strategies that are associated with positive functioning (including hedonic and eudaimonic well-being), has …
Growing aging populations pose a threat to global health because of the social and psychological challenges they experience. To mitigate this, many countries promote hobby …
Importance Increasing evidence supports the ability of music to broadly promote well-being and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). However, the magnitude of music's positive …
JK Bone, F Bu, ME Fluharty, E Paul, JK Sonke… - Social Science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Receptive cultural engagement (eg, attending theaters and museums) can reduce depression in older adults. However, whether specific participatory leisure activities …
KN Cotter, JO Pawelski - The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Visiting art museums is a common activity that a wide variety of people choose to engage in for many reasons. Increasingly, communities, nations, and societies are turning to art …
Background: There is a scarcity of research concerning what it is about arts engagement that may activate causal mechanisms leading to effects on health and wellbeing: their active …
JK Bone, F Bu, ME Fluharty, E Paul, JK Sonke… - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background Engaging in the arts is a health-related behavior that may be influenced by social inequalities. While it is generally accepted that there is a social gradient in traditional …
This report examines the complex role of the arts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Repeated lockdowns, social distancing, disease control restrictions and other guidance since March …
M Rena, D Fancourt, F Bu, E Paul, JK Sonke… - Social Science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rationale Arts engagement is associated with prolonged longevity, but it remains unclear whether it is also associated with increases in the portion of people's lives for which they …