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15 - Creativity and Healing

from Affective Underpinnings of Creativity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2019

By
Marie Forgeard
Edited by
James C. Kaufman  and
Robert J. Sternberg
James C. Kaufman
Affiliation:
University of Connecticut
Robert J. Sternberg
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
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Many individuals anecdotally report that engaging in creative activities has therapeutic effects by enhancing well-being and/or decreasing suffering. The present chapter reviews research evidence pertaining to the idea that creativity contributes to healing. To do so, this chapter begins by providing a brief review of studies testing the usefulness of interventions utilizing two creative modalities (the visual arts and writing), as well as scholarship examining the role of creativity in psychotherapy more generally. Second, this chapter reviews research investigating the specific processes through which creative activities could influence outcomes, including changes in affect, meaning-making, and self-efficacy, among others. Relevant studies and findings highlight the need to further investigate the degree to which the benefits of creative activities can be explained by general vs. specific processes, as well as to examine the role of individual differences in responses to creative activities.
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The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity , pp. 319 - 332
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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