Can coloring mandalas reduce anxiety?

Art Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-85

  Curry, Nancy A ^a   Kasser, Tim ^a  

^a KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751115480     PISSN: 07421656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2005.10129441     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Arcari, P. M. (1997). Efficacy of a workplace smoking cessation program: Mindfulness meditation vs. cognitive-behavioral interventions. Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences & Engineering, 57(10-B), 6174.
2. Belchamber, B. (1997). Why the mandala? Coloring Therapy. Retrieved on January 31, 2003, from www.coloringtherapy.com
3. Belchamber, B. (2003). Brent's homepage. Coloring Therapy. Retrieved on February 2, 2003, from www.keen.com/memberpub/homepage.asp?user=Brent+Belchamber
4. Boswell, P. C., & Murray, E. J. (1979). Effects of meditation on psychological and physiological measures of anxiety. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 47(3), 606-607.
5. Brown, K. W., & Ryan, R. M. (2003). The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 84(4), 822-848.
6. Christenfeld, N., & Creager, B. (1996). Anxiety, alcohol, aphasia, and ums. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 70(3), 451-460.
7. Cornell University Program of Computer Graphics (2002). Exploring the mandala. Retrieved on January 31, 2003, from www.graphics.cornell.edu/online/mandala/
8. Cronin, P. (1994). Ways of working: Art therapy with women in Holloway prison. In M. Liebmann (Ed.), Art therapy with offenders (pp. 102-120). Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley.
9. Flinton, C. A. (1998). The effects of meditation techniques on anxiety and locus of control in juvenile delinquents. Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences & Engineering, 59(2-B), 0871.
10. Freeman, D. (n.d.) Free mandala. Retrieved November 1, 2003, from www.free-mandala.com/en/mda/mda047.html
11. Goldman, B. L., Domitor, P. J., & Murray, E. J. (1979). Effects of Zen meditation on anxiety reduction and perceptual functioning. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 47(3), 551-556.
12. Goolkasian, P. (n.d.). Spielberger's State Anxiety Inventory. Retrieved October 2, 2003, from www.uncc.edu/pagoolka/StateAnxiety-intro.html
13. Grossman, F. G. (1981). Creativity as a means of coping with anxiety. Arts in Psychotherapy, 8(3/4), 185-192.
14. Jung, C. G. (1959). Mandala symbolism (R. F. C. Hull, Trans.). In The collected works of C. G. Jung (vol. 9). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
15. Kabat-Zinn, J., Massion, A. O., Kristeller, J., Peterson, L. G., Fletcher, K. E., Pbert, L., et. al. (1992). Effectiveness of a meditation-based stress reduction program in the treatment of anxiety disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 149(7), 936-943.
16. Kessler, R. C., McGonagle, K. A., Zhao, S., Nelson, C. B., Hughes, M., Eshleman, S., et al. (1994). Lifetime and 12-month prevalence of DSM-III-R psychiatric disorders in the United States: Results from the National Comorbidity Study. Archives of General Psychiatry, 51, 8-19.
17. Keve, K. B. (1995). Art therapy in the public schools: Primary prevention for children at risk. Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences & Engineering, 55(8-B), 3566.
18. Kozlowska, K., & Hanney, L. (2001). An art therapy group for children traumatized by parental violence and separation. Clinical Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 6(1), 49-78.
19. Smith, J. C. (1975). Meditation as psychotherapy: A review of the literature. Psychological Bulletin, 82(4), 558-564.
20. Spielberger, C. D., Gorsuch, R. L., & Lushene, R. (1970). Test manual for the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press.
21. Taylor, M. E. (2002). Meditation as treatment for performance anxiety in singers. Dissertation Abstracts International Section A: Humanities & Social Sciences, 62(9-A), 2925.
22. Twenge, J. M. (2000). The age of anxiety? The birth cohort change in anxiety and neuroticism, 1952-1993. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 79, 1007-1021.