The stress-reducing effects of art in pediatric health care: Art preferences of healthy children and hospitalized children

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 173-190

  Eisen, Sarajane L ^a   Ulrich, Roger S ^b   Shepley, Mardelle M ^b   Varni, James W ^b   Sherman, Sandra ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture; Art; Children; Healing; Hospitals; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ART; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FURNITURE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ART; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PILOT PROJECTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEXAS;

EID: 55949134724     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493508092507     Document Type: Article

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