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Personality Change Through Arts Education: A Review and Call for Further Research.
Grosz, Michael P; Lemp, Julia M; Rammstedt, Beatrice; Lechner, Clemens M.
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  • Grosz MP; Department of Psychology, University of Münster.
  • Lemp JM; Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), Medical Faculty and University Hospital, University of Heidelberg.
  • Rammstedt B; Department of Survey Design and Methodology, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim.
  • Lechner CM; Department of Survey Design and Methodology, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim.
Perspect Psychol Sci ; 17(2): 360-384, 2022 03.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34283673
Education involving active engagement in the arts, herein called arts education, is often believed to foster the development of desirable personality traits and skills in children and adolescents. Yet the impact of arts education on personality development has rarely been systematically investigated. In the current article, we reviewed the literature on personality change through arts education. We identified 36 suitable experimental and quasi-experimental studies. Evidence from these studies tentatively suggests that arts-education programs can foster personality traits such as extraversion and conscientiousness but not self-esteem. In addition, the effects of arts education appeared to be stronger in early and middle childhood than in preadolescence and early adolescence. However, the evidence for the effectiveness of arts education was very limited among the few included true experiments. Furthermore, the reviewed studies were heterogenous and subject to content-related, methodological, and statistical limitations. Thus, the current evidence base is inconclusive as to the effects of arts education on personality development. By identifying potential effects of arts education and limitations of past research, our review serves as a call for more research and guidepost for future studies on arts education and personality change.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Personality / Self Concept Limits: Adolescent / Child / Humans Language: En Journal: Perspect Psychol Sci Year: 2022 Document type: Article

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Personality / Self Concept Limits: Adolescent / Child / Humans Language: En Journal: Perspect Psychol Sci Year: 2022 Document type: Article