title: The impact of participation in performing arts on adolescent health and behaviour: a systematic review of the literature.
abstract: This article reports a systematic review of literature published between 1994 and 2004 on the effects of performing arts for health in young people aged 11-18. The review includes research on music, performance, drama and dance in community settings and non-curricular mainstream education. A total of 17 electronic databases were searched and 3670 papers identified, 104 of which met relevance criteria. Full text scrutiny of 85 papers was undertaken and 14 of these were identified for review. The research was heterogeneous, making overall synthesis of results inappropriate. The review demonstrates that research on the impact of the performing arts on young people is at a relatively early stage.
authors: Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Blackberry Hill, Bristol, BS16 1DD, UK. Norma.Daykin@uwe.ac.uk
authors: Norma
authors: N
authors: Daykin
authors: Judy
authors: J
authors: Orme
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Evans
authors: Debra
authors: D
authors: Salmon
authors: Malcolm
authors: M
authors: McEachran
authors: Sarah
authors: S
authors: Brain
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001154:Art; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012106:Research