Art therapy: an alternative to Seniors in Costa Rica

 

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Autor: Rodríguez Barquero, Vivian
Médium: artículo original
Stav:Versión publicada
Datum vydání:2011
Popis: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.
Země:Portal de Revistas UCR
Instituce:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Jazyk:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/8873
On-line přístup:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/gerontologia/article/view/8873
Klíčové slovo: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