Research Source #3: Can Coloring Mandalas Reduce Anxiety?
Curry, N. A., BA, Kasser, T., PhD, & AATA, Inc. (2005). Can coloring mandalas reduce anxiety? In Knox College, Loyola University, Richter Memorial Fund, & Bumstead Fund, Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association (Vol. 22, Issue 2, pp. 81–85). https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ688443.pdf As I continue to develop my capstone project, I considered the importance of the psychology behind adult’s usa ge of coloring books. I found a case study from 2005 where 84 undergraduate students ’ anxiety levels were assessed in three different trials among three different groups . In the first round of t rials, the students were administered what was known as the State Anxiety I nventory created by Charles D. Spielberger, Richard L. Gorsuch, and Robert E. Lushene in 1964. They were then asked to think about the most fearful time /experience in their lives and w rite about it for fou...