The meaning and use of arts and crafts activities

The premise that purposeful, goal-oriented activities will restore one's ailing mental health is basic to the theory and practice of occupational therapy. This study was constructed to measure how psychiatric patients value and internalize the use of purposeful activity (specifically, arts and crafts) in their treatment. Sixty psychiatric patients from Belle Park Hospital, ranging in age from 12 to 75, were asked to complete a survey questionnaire concerning their attitudes about the arts and crafts groups they attended. This author constructed as 26-item survey instrument which was distributed to the patients upon discharge from the hospital. Overall, patients perceived arts and crafts as valuable in their psychiatric treatment. This author found no significant difference in the perceived effectiveness of arts and crafts with regard to patient ages or length of hospitalization.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Master

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Occupational Therapy

Grantor

Texas Woman's University

Year dc:date.issued

1987

Author dc:creator

• Winkel, Mary

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Davidson, Harriett

Committee member dc:contributor.committeemember

• Illegible

• Psychiatric
• Arts and crafts
• Mental health

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/11274/14769

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:twu-ir.tdl.org:11274/14769