How arts engagement supported social connectedness during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom: findings from the HEartS Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study investigated how adults in the United Kingdom perceived their arts and cultural engagement to facilitate social connectedness over two phases in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Study design

The study used the HEartS Survey, a newly designed online survey tool to capture arts engagement in the United Kingdom and its associations with social and mental well-being, over two phases in 2020: March to May (Phase 1) and October (Phase 2).

Methods

Qualitative data were provided at both phases by 581 respondents, who identified which arts and cultural activity they felt most connected them to others and how during the last month.

Results

Thematic analysis revealed that, at both phases, arts and cultural engagement was perceived to facilita

SUBMITTER: Perkins R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8920782 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature