Publications by authors named "L Thun-Hohenstein"
Background: Children and adolescents living with mental health problems often experience stress and poor mood states, which may influence their quality of life and well-being. Arts interventions may improve mood and well-being and reduce physiological stress in this vulnerable population.
Methods: A cohort of patients in child and adolescent psychiatry (N = 42; age range: 12-18 years) participated in one of four arts activities including choir singing (n = 11), textile design (n = 9), drama (n = 16), and clownery (n = 6).
The need for robust critique of arts and health research: the treatment of the Gene Cohen et al. (2006) paper on singing, wellbeing and health in subsequent evidence reviews.
Arts Health
January 2024
Background: This paper considers weaknesses in a study by Cohen et al. (2006) on the impacts of community singing on health. These include high demand characteristics, lack of attention to attrition, flawed statistical analysis, and measurement.
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- A study looked at how effective dance-movement therapy is for teenage girls with mild depression by checking a popular trial and 14 other research reviews.
- The study found that the trial had important flaws that make its results questionable about whether dance helps with depression.
- Different reviews of the study had mixed opinions, with some praising it and others pointing out the problems; the authors suggest better ways to evaluate dance therapy research in the future.