Slow Art Plus: A Single Session Art Gallery-based Intervention for Mental Health Promotion

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-07-14

Study Completion Date

2024-12-31

Brief Summary

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Utilizing a Participatory Action Research (PAR) paradigm, this 12-month study will adopt a mixed method Waitlist Randomized Control Trial (RCT) with a built-in acceptability and feasibility study to test the efficacy of Slow Art Plus in reducing stress and empowering self-care among 200 participants.

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Detailed Description

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The specific objectives are in four-folds: 1) To develop a standardized 90-minute single-session Slow Art Plus programme that integrates: (a) slow looking; (b) mindfulness meditation; (c) self-compassion activities; (d) reflective-creative expressions; and (e) dyadic sharing, to form a holistic mental health promotion intervention; 2) To assess the effectiveness of Slow Art Plus for reducing participants' perceived stress (primary outcomes); 3) To assess the effectiveness of Slow Art Plus for enhancing participants' self-awareness, self-care capacity, psychological resilience, and quality of life (secondary outcomes); and 4) To assess the feasibility and acceptability of the standardized Slow Art Plus protocol for large scale implementation in Singapore and greater Asia.

Conditions

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Mental Health Wellness 1 Self Care Compassion

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

The Slow Art Plus programme will involve a full 90-minute engagement, one that is built upon the existing Slow Art programme with added layers of mindfulness and self-compassion practices, as well as a response art activity that fosters symbolic dialogue and an emotional aesthetic experience between participants and the selected art piece.

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention

The first 10-minute of Slow Art Plus involves a brief psychoeducation on slow looking, mindfulness, and self-compassion practices. This is followed by a 10-minute participants self-introduction and sharing of one act of self-kindness; a 10-minute facilitator led mindfulness meditation on affectionate breathing to foster greater somatic and emotional clarity for slow-looking. This is followed by a set of 30-minute slow looking activity with 1 selected art-piece, including: (a) creating an Artwork Title with one sentence description, (b) imaging music that resonates with the viewers' emotional response to artwork, and (c) sketching a Response Art that facilitates a dialogue between the viewer and the art piece for perspective widening. A 10-minute dyadic sharing follows with a 5-minute large group sharing of joint collective experience. Artwork reveal and sharing of its self-care implications is offered. Finally, a closure self-compassion activity of Supportive Healing Touch.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Slow Art Plus

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Slow Art Plus involved a full 90-minute engagement, one that is built upon the existing Slow Art programme with added layers of mindfulness and self-compassion practices, as well as a response art activity that fosters symbolic dialogue and an emotional aesthetic experience between participants and the selected artwork.

Control

Wait-list Control Arm who will receive the Slow Art Plus after the Experimental Arm completes the Intervention.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Slow Art Plus

Slow Art Plus involved a full 90-minute engagement, one that is built upon the existing Slow Art programme with added layers of mindfulness and self-compassion practices, as well as a response art activity that fosters symbolic dialogue and an emotional aesthetic experience between participants and the selected artwork.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL