Author(s)

Yan Gao ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Faculty of Humanities, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, China

Corresponding Author

Yan Gao

ABSTRACT

With the increasingly fierce competition in modern society and the accelerated pace of life, the detection rate of psychological problems such as depression and anxiety among adolescents is high, and the mental health of adolescents is becoming more and more prominent, which has become the focus of attention of all walks of life. The purpose of this paper is to compare the effects of group art activities and individual art activities on adolescents' mental health, especially focusing on the application of expressive art therapy and its enhancement of adolescents' mental resilience, and to explore the effects of art activities on adolescents' mental health by using the literature analysis method. The study found that both group and individual art activities have positive effects on adolescents' mental health. Group activities enhanced social skills, teamwork, and emotional resonance and increased psychological resilience, while individual activities deepened self-knowledge and emotional expression and gained a sense of fulfillment through creativity, which also enhanced psychological resilience. The mechanisms are different: group activities focus on group dynamics and social learning and promote emotional connections and support networks, while individual activities rely on intrinsic motivation and self-reflection to achieve self-healing and growth.

KEYWORDS

Adolescents, Mental resilience, Arts therapy, Group art activities, Individual arts activities

CITE THIS PAPER

Yan Gao, Comparing the Effects of Group Art Activities and Individual Art Activities on the Psychological Resilience of Junior High School Students. Applied & Educational Psychology (2024) Vol. 5: 167-172. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/appep.2024.050625.

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