Art therapy: an alternative to Seniors in Costa Rica
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2011 |
| Descripción: | This article is a product of a study realized with elderly people of two diurnal centers, as result of the Mastery in Sciences of the Human Movement of the University of Costa Rica. The research involved a corporal expression program carried out for five weeks, with a frequency of three times per week and a duration for session of sixty minutes. The dependent variables measured were self-esteem, short-term memory, reaction time, mood states and the quality of life of participants. The results showed important information about the benefits of the corporal expression as a very valuable initiative for the development of physical, cognitive and psychological capacities, to be a choice of creative and comprehensive physical activity and, therefore, can impact in the quality of life of the individual practitioner. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/8873 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/gerontologia/article/view/8873 |
| Palabra clave: | persona adulta mayor expresión corporal terapias artísticas creativas salud integral promoción de la salud older adult creative movement creative art therapies holistic health health promotion |