Live Music for Mental Health: A Pilot Study of How Concerts Influence Mental Health Stigma, Empathy, and Resource Utilization

Health Promotion Practice, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 27, 2025

Mental illness, affecting one in eight people worldwide, is often exacerbated by stigma-which can result self-stigmatization, isolation, and loneliness negatively impact access to health care, education, social connection. Previous research has found that stigma best reduced through a combination of education about the stigmatized population intentional contact with individuals from population. Studies also note benefits community-based, culturally-relevant interventions cultural experiences such as live music. Thus, this study posited community-centered sources music concerts, could offer effective, sustainable opportunities reduce increase empathy mental illness. To explore approach, researchers evaluated Sound Mind Live's "Road Recovery" (RtR) program, which addresses training musicians discuss topic stage, providing concert attendees resources improve awareness, supports. This pilot RtR's impacts on stigma, empathy, knowledge, actions related Using pre-/post-survey design at two concerts New York City, measured changes participants' attitudes, behaviors, understanding issues. Findings indicate attendance negative behavioral assumptions increased affective improved knowledge attendees' likelihood seeking support. informs further use community-based arts address cultivate connection, care access.

Language: Английский

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Improving Social Interactions Among Adult Carers of Children with Disabilities Through Dialogic Literary Gatherings: A Case Study from Pakistan

Behavioral Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(4), P. 509 - 509

Published: April 10, 2025

The scientific literature has evidenced that certain educational and dialogic actions have been successful at increasing the quality of social interactions improving mental health, among other beneficial aspects. One these is literary gathering (DLG). impacts DLGs demonstrated in Europe South America but yet to be explored Eastern culture. goal current study was analyze transferability within Asian culture Pakistan. Specifically, aim identify how impacted middle-aged older adults who were caregivers for children with disabilities. This research used a qualitative case design communicative methodology group adult family members special education school participated DLGs. Data collection included interviews, focus groups, observations, thematic analysis carried out. Based on analysis, four broad categories emerged: cognitive engagement, well-being, self-development, social–emotional experiences. Overall, results demonstrate facilitated positive self-changes participants, enabling them experience express wide range emotions through interactions.

Language: Английский

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Sharing and Allocation in Preschool Children: The Roles of Theory of Mind, Anticipated Emotions, and Consequential Emotions

Behavioral Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(10), P. 931 - 931

Published: Oct. 11, 2024

This study investigates the impact of theory mind, anticipated emotions before actual behavior, and consequential following behavior on sharing allocation in 4–6-year-old children. In Experiment 1, 95 children were randomly assigned to three conditions (external emotion expectancy condition, internal control condition) explore role cognition children’s behaviors. 2 employed a dictator game further validate influence mind behavior. The findings indicated that both but neither serves as key predictor Theory influences is related fairness allocation. Children with higher levels tend rate more positively, while those lower ratings are likely reconsider after reflection. Notably, emotional factors demonstrate distinct motivational effects prosocial resource allocation, negative exhibiting pronounced decision-making processes.

Language: Английский

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Neurophysiological Correlates of the Aesthetic Judgment Formation in Conditions of Joint Paintings Perception

Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 60(S1), P. S89 - S101

Published: Dec. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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