Creativity in lockdown: Understanding how music and the arts supported mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic by age group.

ABSTRACT: Recent research has indicated that many people around the world turned to artistic creative activities (ACAs) to support their mental health during COVID-19 lockdowns. However, studies have also shown that the negative psychosocial impacts of the pandemic have disproportionately affected young people, suggesting that the use of ACAs to support mental health in lockdown may have varied across age groups. This study investigated how Australians in four different age groups (18-24, 25-34, 35-54, and 55+) engaged in ACAs to support their mental health during the 2020 pandemic lockdowns. Participants (N = 653) recruited from the general public completed an online survey between May and October 2020, in which they reported which ACAs they had undertaken during the pandemic using an establ

SUBMITTER: Chmiel A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9583145 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature