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Direct linkLee, Sau-Lai – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2018
This experimental study examined the validity of 3 underlying mechanisms that have been proposed in the research literature to explain the anxiety-reducing effect of coloring mandalas: distraction, structure, and centering. Four conditions were tested: (a) freely coloring a mandala, (b) coloring a mandala with preset colors, (c) freely drawing a…
Descriptors: Color, Anxiety, Intervention, Control Groups
