Un modelo estructural sobre la reducción del estrés utilizando material artístico

Abstract

This work analyzes the use of artistic activities (drawing) as a form of regulation of psychological stress and the emotions that are associated with it. To this end, 216 students from a dental school in northern Mexico participated in a study under one of six experimental conditions, where they were sked to recall and work on drawings related to their current stressors or distract from them. The Perceived Stress Scale, the Positive and Negative Affect Scale and a questionnaire related to graphic activities used as tools were implemented. The results confirm the reduction of the perceived stress associated to the use of the graphic activity and a consequent decrease of the negative emotions at the end of a single session in all the experimental conditions.