Slow Art Plus: A Single Session Art Gallery-based Intervention for Mental Health Promotion

NCT05803226 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: 04IDP001152C430
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 200
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Utilizing a Participatory Action Research (PAR) paradigm, this 12-month study will adopt a mixed method Waitlist Randomized Control Trial (RCT) with a built-in acceptability and feasibility study to test the efficacy of Slow Art Plus in reducing stress and empowering self-care among 200 participants.

Conditions

Mental Health Wellness 1; Self Care; Compassion

Keywords

Slow Looking; Mindfulness; Self-Compassion

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)

  The PSS comprises 10-items rated on a 5-point Likert scale and clustered into 2 subscales of perceived helplessness (e.g., "In the past couple of days, how often have you felt nervous and stressed today"), and perceived self-efficacy (e.g., In the past couple of days, how often have you felt that things were going your way"). The PSS possesses strong internal validity, reliability, and cross-cultural applicability.

  Pre-Intervention

• Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)

  The PSS comprises 10-items rated on a 5-point Likert scale and clustered into 2 subscales of perceived helplessness (e.g., "In the past couple of days, how often have you felt nervous and stressed today"), and perceived self-efficacy (e.g., In the past couple of days, how often have you felt that things were going your way"). The PSS possesses strong internal validity, reliability, and cross-cultural applicability.

  Immediate Post Intervention

• Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)

  The PSS comprises 10-items rated on a 5-point Likert scale and clustered into 2 subscales of perceived helplessness (e.g., "In the past couple of days, how often have you felt nervous and stressed today"), and perceived self-efficacy (e.g., In the past couple of days, how often have you felt that things were going your way"). The PSS possesses strong internal validity, reliability, and cross-cultural applicability.

  1-Day Follow-UP

Secondary Outcomes (12)

• Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire Short Form (SF-FFMQ)

  Pre-Intervention

• Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire Short Form (SF-FFMQ)

  Immediate Post Intervention

• Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire Short Form (SF-FFMQ)

  1-Day Follow-Up

• Self-Compassion Scale - Short Form (SCS-SF)

  Pre-Intervention

• Self-Compassion Scale - Short Form (SCS-SF)

  Immediate Post Intervention

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

The first 10-minute of Slow Art Plus involves a brief psychoeducation on slow looking, mindfulness, and self-compassion practices. This is followed by a 10-minute participants self-introduction and sharing of one act of self-kindness; a 10-minute facilitator led mindfulness meditation on affectionate breathing to foster greater somatic and emotional clarity for slow-looking. This is followed by a set of 30-minute slow looking activity with 1 selected art-piece, including: (a) creating an Artwork Title with one sentence description, (b) imaging music that resonates with the viewers' emotional response to artwork, and (c) sketching a Response Art that facilitates a dialogue between the viewer and the art piece for perspective widening. A 10-minute dyadic sharing follows with a 5-minute large group sharing of joint collective experience. Artwork reveal and sharing of its self-care implications is offered. Finally, a closure self-compassion activity of Supportive Healing Touch.

Behavioral: Slow Art Plus

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Wait-list Control Arm who will receive the Slow Art Plus after the Experimental Arm completes the Intervention.

Interventions

Slow Art Plus BEHAVIORAL

Slow Art Plus involved a full 90-minute engagement, one that is built upon the existing Slow Art programme with added layers of mindfulness and self-compassion practices, as well as a response art activity that fosters symbolic dialogue and an emotional aesthetic experience between participants and the selected artwork.

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 21 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• \- individuals who can communicate in English and provide informed consent.

You may not qualify if:

• individuals who are suffering from depression or other major mental illness.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Nanyang Technological University: lead
• National Gallery Singapore: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Nanyang Technological University

Singapore, 637332, Singapore

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Ho AHY, Ma SHX, Ng JT, Choo PY, Tan-Ho G, Pooh KCL, Teng A. Slow art plus: developing and piloting a single session art gallery-based intervention for mental health promotion via a mixed method waitlist randomized control trial. Front Public Health. 2024 May 13;12:1238564. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1238564. eCollection 2024.

  PMID: 38803811 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Andy HY Ho, PhD, EdD

  Nanyang Technological University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor of Psychology

Model Details: The Slow Art Plus programme will involve a full 90-minute engagement, one that is built upon the existing Slow Art programme with added layers of mindfulness and self-compassion practices, as well as a response art activity that fosters symbolic dialogue and an emotional aesthetic experience between participants and the selected art piece.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 22, 2023
• First Posted: April 7, 2023
• Study Start: July 14, 2022
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2023
• Study Completion: December 31, 2024
• Last Updated: April 7, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SG (1)