RT Article
T1 The Effect of Calligraphy as an Art Therapy Intervention Containing Religious Motifs, on the Anxiety and Depression in Adolescent Psychiatric Patients
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 62
IS 2
SP 1269
OP 1285
A1 Sarman, Abdullah
A1 Günay, Ulviye
A2 Günay, Ulviye
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1847008593
AB This research was conducted to determine the effect of calligraphy on the anxiety and depression levels of adolescent psychiatric patients. It was conducted with adolescent psychiatric patients ages 14-17 in Turkey’s Eastern Anatolia Region. They were allocated a calligraphy (n = 40) or a wait-list (n = 39) group. Those in the calligraphy group participated in 60-min calligraphy sessions for three weeks. The state anxiety levels of adolescents who applied calligraphy decreased gradually when compared with adolescents in the control group. The difference between the third-week mean post-test state anxiety scores of the adolescents in the calligraphy and control groups was significant (t = 2.34, p = .02). The trait anxiety scale and depression scale mean post-test scores of the adolescents in the calligraphy group were lower than in the control group. The difference between two groups was significant. Calligraphy can be potentially used as a beneficial method for reducing anxiety and depression.
K1 Adolescence
K1 Anxiety
K1 art therapy
K1 Calligraphy
K1 Depression
DO 10.1007/s10943-021-01479-0