Arts Research Quarterly

Spotlighting Secondary Data Analysis in the Arts

Issue 9, April 27, 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

Campus connections for creative careers: Social capital, gender inequality, and artistic work

Martin, Nathan D., Frenette, Alexandre, Gualtieri, Gillian (2023) Campus connections for creative careers: Social capital, gender inequality, and artistic work Poetics Volume 96, February 2023, 101763

 

From this article: In this study, we examine how social capital developed during the college years is connected to subsequent career outcomes for arts alumni. We analyzed data from the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP), an online retrospective survey of alumni from arts-related major…

Heritability of Childhood Music Engagement and Associations with Language and Executive Function: Insights from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study

Gustavson, Daniel E., Nayak, Srishti, Coleman, Peyton L., Iversen, John R., Lense, Miriam D., Gordon, Reyna L., Maes, Hermine H. (2023) Heritability of Childhood Music Engagement and Associations with Language and Executive Function: Insights from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study Behavior Genetics

 

From this article: Music engagement is a powerful, influential experience that often begins early in life. Music engagement is moderately heritable in adults (~ 41-69%), but fewer studies have examined genetic influences on childhood music engagement, including their association with language and…