Arts Research Quarterly

Spotlighting Secondary Data Analysis in the Arts

Issue 10, August 10, 2023

Arts Research Quarterly is a sampler of research articles on the arts ecosystem and on the arts’ value and impact for individuals and communities, based on data housed at NADAC and elsewhere. New issues are released quarterly. Arts Research Quarterly and NADAC are supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Featured Publications

Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between arts engagement, loneliness, and social support in adolescence

Bone, Jessica K., Fancourt, Daisy, Fluharty, Meg E., Paul, Elise, Sonke, Jill K., Bu, Feifei (2023) Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between arts engagement, loneliness, and social support in adolescence Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 58(6) 931-938

 

From this article: Although arts engagement holds promise for reducing loneliness and enhancing social support, previous research has focussed on older adults. We investigated whether arts engagement was associated with loneliness and social support during adolescence.

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Music Education and Neurophysiological Regulation in Early Childhood: Should Teachers Guide or Get Out of the Way?

Brown, Eleanor D., Holochwost, Steven J., Palmer Wolf, Dennie, Allen, Alyssa A., Garnett, Mallory L., Velazquez-Martin, Blanca, Varnell, Suzanne, Malatesta, Jessa L. (2023) Music Education and Neurophysiological Regulation in Early Childhood: Should Teachers Guide or Get Out of the Way? Mind, Brain, and Education

From this article: Access to high-quality early music education programs may mitigate the effects of poverty on the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis, but fundamental questions remain about the role of early educators in conveying these benefits. In the current study, we measured the basal o…