Objectives While receptive art engagement is known to promote health and wellbeing, active
art engagement has not been fully explored in health and nursing care. This review is to …

Being creative is considered a desirable trait, yet most empirical studies emphasize how to
increase creativity rather than explore its possible benefits. A natural connection is how …

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an abrupt change in routines and livelihoods all around
the world. This public health crisis amplified a number of systemic inequalities that led to …

Objectives Subsyndromal depression (SSD) and subsyndromal anxiety (SSA) are common
in the elderly and if left untreated, contributes to a lower quality of life, increased suicide risk …

Contemporary policy on ageing overwhelmingly focuses on active ageing and achieving a
sustainable increase in disability-free years, leading to an agenda that promotes …

This paper aims to examine motivations of participants for being involved in a crafts-based,
women-only maker organization. Over a period of three months, we observed and …

There is a need to better understand protective factors for mental and psychological
wellbeing beyond the absence of disease. The current review sought to synthesise empirical …

Creativity is largely seen as a positive construct, but there is room to deepen, document, and
specify its impact on beneficial outcomes. Past research has identified academic …

When the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, the
elderly were identified as a vulnerable group due to their significantly higher risk of severe or …

Introduction This study explored whether engagement with Creating Arts and Crafting (CAC)
predicted subjective wellbeing and loneliness, above and beyond known sociodemographic …