The impact of participation in performing arts on adolescent health and behaviour: a systematic review of the literature.
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.
Daykin
Norma
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Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Blackberry Hill, Bristol, BS16 1DD, UK. Norma.Daykin@uwe.ac.uk
Orme
Judy
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Evans
David
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Salmon
Debra
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McEachran
Malcolm
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Brain
Sarah
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D000293:Adolescent; D001154:Art; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012106:Research