Arts engagement and self-esteem in children: results from a propensity score matching analysis.

ABSTRACT: Self-esteem is regarded as vital to children's social and cognitive development and emotional well-being. To date, a few studies have suggested that arts activities can improve self-esteem in young people. However, such studies mainly focused on small, nonrepresentative samples. In this study, data from 6209 children included in the United Kingdom Millennium Cohort Study were analyzed using propensity score matching to investigate the association between children's arts engagement ((1) listening to or playing music; (2) drawing, painting, or making things; and (3) reading for enjoyment) and self-esteem at age 11. All three activities were associated with higher levels of self-esteem when matching for all identified demographic, socioeconomic, and familial confounders. Additionally, the rel

SUBMITTER: Mak HW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6767447 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature