Arts Research Quarterly
Spotlighting Secondary Data Analysis in the Arts
Issue 14, September 19, 2024
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
Creating arts and crafting positively predicts subjective wellbeing
From this article: This study explored whether engagement with Creating Arts and Crafting (CAC) predicted subjective wellbeing and loneliness, above and beyond known sociodemographic predictors.
Participation and Persistence in High School Elective Music Ensembles
From this article: In this study, we examined demographic patterns of participation and persistence in high school elective music ensembles. We extend prior research that has only compared music and non-music students by explicitly modeling persistence across multiple years of ensemble enrollment…
- Iyengar, Sunil (2024) Remembering the Works of Stephen Sheppard, Cultural Economist National Endowment for the Arts Blog: Measure for Measure
- Keyes, Helen, Gradidge, Sarah, Forwood, Suzanna Elizabeth, Gibson, Nic, Harvey, Annelie, Kis, Evelin, Mutsatsa, Karen, Ownsworth, Rachel, Roeloffs, Shyanne, and Zawisza, Magdalena (2024) Creating arts and crafting positively predicts subjective wellbeing Frontiers in Public Health Volume 12 – 2024
- Dansereau, Diana R., Donahue, Rachel, Speelman, Denver (2024) Music activities of U.S. children in center-based early care and education settings Arts Education Policy Review 1–15
- Mouate, Olivier; Travers, Muriel (2024) The impact of cultural amenities on inter-urban location: a discrete choice experiment on French students Journal of Cultural Economics
- Iyengar, Sunil (2024) Multidisciplinary Artists and Game Designers Merit Inclusion in U.S. Labor Data Codes, Study Finds National Endowment for the Arts Blog: Measure for Measure
- Noguchi, Taiji; Bone, Jessica K.; Saito, Tami; Kondo, Katsunori; Mak, Hei Wan (2024) Arts and cultural engagement and subsequent social deficits among older adults: A three-year longitudinal study using the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study Social Science & Medicine 356 Article number: 117139
- Iyengar, Sunil (2024) Conjuring Arts Data from Tax Forms and Taxonomies—How a Dance Researcher Does It National Endowment for the Arts Blog: Measure for Measure
- Prakash, Nalini; Goodill, Sherry; Sood, Suruchi; Vader, Daniel T.; Moore, Reneé H.; Beardall, Nancy; Shim, Minjung (2024) Examining the impact of dance/movement therapy on empathy, peer relationships, and cultural self-efficacy in middle school: A mixed methods study Social Sciences & Humanities Open 10 Article number: 100998
- National Endowment for the Arts (2024) Quick Study: June 20, 2024 Monthly Podcast
- Sayer, Faye., Leyva, R., Luck, A., Lidbetter, N., Smithson, D. (2024) Testing the potential therapeutic effects of an online creative arts-based intervention for people with anxiety Arts & Health 1–12
- Iyengar, Sunil (2024) Strengthening Adoption of Arts/Health Practices through Research: A Five-Point Plan National Endowment for the Arts Blog: Measure for Measure
- Cotter, Katherine N., Alpys, Ainur, Rosenberg, Jordan, Rodriguez-Boerwinkle, Rebekah M., Pawelski, James O. (2024) The well-being benefits of virtual art galleries: Examining the roles of emotion, immersion, and individual differences International Journal of Wellbeing Vol. 14 No. 2 (2024) 1-22
- National Endowment for the Arts (2024) Quick Study: May 16, 2024 Monthly Podcast
- Passmore, Sam, Wood, Anna L. C., Barbieri, Chiara, Shilton, Dor, Daikoku, Hideo, Atkinson, Quentin D., and Savage, Patrick E. (2024) Global musical diversity is largely independent of linguistic and genetic histories Nature Communications 15 Article number: 3964
- Iyengar, Sunil (2024) Momentum Gains with Small-Scale Studies about the Arts and Mental Health National Endowment for the Arts Blog: Measure for Measure
- Elpus, Kenneth and Abril, Carlos R. (2024) Participation and Persistence in High School Elective Music Ensembles Journal of Research in Music Education 0(0)
- Jensen, Anita; Pirouzifard, Mirnabi; Lindström, Martin (2024) Arts and culture engagement and mortality: A population-based prospective cohort study Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 52 511-520
- National Endowment for the Arts (2024) Quick Study: April 18, 2024 Monthly Podcast
- Gao, Qian, Bone, Jessica K., Finn, Saoirse, and Fancourt, Daisy (2024) The reciprocal associations between social deficits, social engagement, and inflammation: Longitudinal evidence comparing venous blood samples and dried blood spots and mapping the modifying role of phenotypic and genotypic depression Brain, Behavior, and Immunity Volume 119 120-128
- Gara, Taylor V. and Winsler, Adam (2024) Who is taking dance electives, when, and for how long? Adolescents’ dance participation and persistence in middle and high school Research in Dance Education
- Wells, Kenneth B.; Zhang, Lily; Saks, Elyn R.; Bilder, Robert M. (2024) Impact of Opera on Resilience and Thriving in Serious Mental Illness: Pilot Evaluation of The Center Cannot Hold Part 2 and Resilience Workshop Community Mental Health Journal 60 964–971
- Gao, Qian, Mak, Hei Wan, and Fancourt, Daisy (2024) Longitudinal associations between loneliness, social isolation, and healthcare utilisation trajectories: a latent growth curve analysis Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Keyes, Helen, Gradidge, Sarah, Forwood, Suzanna Elizabeth, Gibson, Nic, Harvey, Annelie, Kis, Evelin, Mutsatsa, Karen, Ownsworth, Rachel, Roeloffs, Shyanne, and Zawisza, Magdalena (2024) Creating arts and crafting positively predicts subjective wellbeing Frontiers in Public Health Volume 12 – 2024
- Dansereau, Diana R., Donahue, Rachel, Speelman, Denver (2024) Music activities of U.S. children in center-based early care and education settings Arts Education Policy Review 1–15
- Mouate, Olivier; Travers, Muriel (2024) The impact of cultural amenities on inter-urban location: a discrete choice experiment on French students Journal of Cultural Economics
- Noguchi, Taiji; Bone, Jessica K.; Saito, Tami; Kondo, Katsunori; Mak, Hei Wan (2024) Arts and cultural engagement and subsequent social deficits among older adults: A three-year longitudinal study using the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study Social Science & Medicine 356 Article number: 117139
- Prakash, Nalini; Goodill, Sherry; Sood, Suruchi; Vader, Daniel T.; Moore, Reneé H.; Beardall, Nancy; Shim, Minjung (2024) Examining the impact of dance/movement therapy on empathy, peer relationships, and cultural self-efficacy in middle school: A mixed methods study Social Sciences & Humanities Open 10 Article number: 100998
- Sayer, Faye., Leyva, R., Luck, A., Lidbetter, N., Smithson, D. (2024) Testing the potential therapeutic effects of an online creative arts-based intervention for people with anxiety Arts & Health 1–12
- Cotter, Katherine N., Alpys, Ainur, Rosenberg, Jordan, Rodriguez-Boerwinkle, Rebekah M., Pawelski, James O. (2024) The well-being benefits of virtual art galleries: Examining the roles of emotion, immersion, and individual differences International Journal of Wellbeing Vol. 14 No. 2 (2024) 1-22
- Passmore, Sam, Wood, Anna L. C., Barbieri, Chiara, Shilton, Dor, Daikoku, Hideo, Atkinson, Quentin D., and Savage, Patrick E. (2024) Global musical diversity is largely independent of linguistic and genetic histories Nature Communications 15 Article number: 3964
- Elpus, Kenneth and Abril, Carlos R. (2024) Participation and Persistence in High School Elective Music Ensembles Journal of Research in Music Education 0(0)
- Jensen, Anita; Pirouzifard, Mirnabi; Lindström, Martin (2024) Arts and culture engagement and mortality: A population-based prospective cohort study Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 52 511-520
- Gao, Qian, Bone, Jessica K., Finn, Saoirse, and Fancourt, Daisy (2024) The reciprocal associations between social deficits, social engagement, and inflammation: Longitudinal evidence comparing venous blood samples and dried blood spots and mapping the modifying role of phenotypic and genotypic depression Brain, Behavior, and Immunity Volume 119 120-128
- Gara, Taylor V. and Winsler, Adam (2024) Who is taking dance electives, when, and for how long? Adolescents’ dance participation and persistence in middle and high school Research in Dance Education
- Wells, Kenneth B.; Zhang, Lily; Saks, Elyn R.; Bilder, Robert M. (2024) Impact of Opera on Resilience and Thriving in Serious Mental Illness: Pilot Evaluation of The Center Cannot Hold Part 2 and Resilience Workshop Community Mental Health Journal 60 964–971
- Gao, Qian, Mak, Hei Wan, and Fancourt, Daisy (2024) Longitudinal associations between loneliness, social isolation, and healthcare utilisation trajectories: a latent growth curve analysis Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Iyengar, Sunil (2024) Remembering the Works of Stephen Sheppard, Cultural Economist National Endowment for the Arts Blog: Measure for Measure
- Iyengar, Sunil (2024) Multidisciplinary Artists and Game Designers Merit Inclusion in U.S. Labor Data Codes, Study Finds National Endowment for the Arts Blog: Measure for Measure
- Iyengar, Sunil (2024) Conjuring Arts Data from Tax Forms and Taxonomies—How a Dance Researcher Does It National Endowment for the Arts Blog: Measure for Measure
- National Endowment for the Arts (2024) Quick Study: June 20, 2024 Monthly Podcast
- Iyengar, Sunil (2024) Strengthening Adoption of Arts/Health Practices through Research: A Five-Point Plan National Endowment for the Arts Blog: Measure for Measure
- National Endowment for the Arts (2024) Quick Study: May 16, 2024 Monthly Podcast
- Iyengar, Sunil (2024) Momentum Gains with Small-Scale Studies about the Arts and Mental Health National Endowment for the Arts Blog: Measure for Measure
- National Endowment for the Arts (2024) Quick Study: April 18, 2024 Monthly Podcast