TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of Making Textile Handcrafts on Mood Enhancement and Inflammatory Immune Changes
AU - Futterman Collier, Ann D.
AU - Wayment, Heidi A.
AU - Birkett, Melissa
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the research grants AP08857034 «Development of a new design of a pressing equipment and a chamber with a gas-dynamic installation with program control for the manufacture of additive technology of high-quality products» from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2020-2022.»
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PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - The authors hypothesized that a textile art-making activity that was high in arousal, engagement, and positive mood and low in rumination and negative affect would be most effective for mood repair and would buffer inflammatory immune reactions. Forty-seven experienced textile handcrafters were asked to recall an upsetting situation before random assignment to either textile art making, quiet ego contemplation (neutral), or writing (to maintain negative mood). Textile art making promoted the strongest positive mood, highest arousal and engagement, and lowest rumination and negative mood. Only the writing task was associated with cytokine disturbance. Results suggest that high energy, engaging art-making tasks that focus on positive mood may be important for well-being.
AB - The authors hypothesized that a textile art-making activity that was high in arousal, engagement, and positive mood and low in rumination and negative affect would be most effective for mood repair and would buffer inflammatory immune reactions. Forty-seven experienced textile handcrafters were asked to recall an upsetting situation before random assignment to either textile art making, quiet ego contemplation (neutral), or writing (to maintain negative mood). Textile art making promoted the strongest positive mood, highest arousal and engagement, and lowest rumination and negative mood. Only the writing task was associated with cytokine disturbance. Results suggest that high energy, engaging art-making tasks that focus on positive mood may be important for well-being.
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U2 - 10.1080/07421656.2016.1226647
DO - 10.1080/07421656.2016.1226647
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84992053016
SN - 0742-1656
VL - 33
SP - 178
EP - 185
JO - Art Therapy
JF - Art Therapy
IS - 4
ER -