| Title | Can the Arts Get Under the Skin? Arts and Cortisol for Economically Disadvantaged Children. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2017 |
| Authors | Brown ED, Garnett ML, Anderson KE, Laurenceau J-P |
| Journal | Child Dev |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pagination | 1368-1381 |
| Date Published | 2017 07 |
| ISSN | 1467-8624 |
| Keywords | Art, Child, Preschool, Dancing, Early Intervention, Educational, Female, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Male, Music, Poverty, Stress, Physiological, Time Factors, Vulnerable Populations |
| Abstract | This within-subjects experimental study investigated the influence of the arts on cortisol for economically disadvantaged children. Participants were 310 children, ages 3-5 years, who attended a Head Start preschool and were randomly assigned to participate in different schedules of arts and homeroom classes on different days of the week. Cortisol was sampled at morning baseline and after arts and homeroom classes on two different days at start, middle, and end of the year. For music, dance, and visual arts, grouped and separately, results of piecewise hierarchical linear modeling with time-varying predictors suggested cortisol was lower after an arts versus homeroom class at middle and end of the year but not start of the year. Implications concern the impact of arts on cortisol for children facing poverty risks. |
| DOI | 10.1111/cdev.12652 |
| Alternate Journal | Child Dev |
| PubMed ID | 27921313 |
The Sound Health Network is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with the University of California, San Francisco, in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Renée Fleming.