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| Id | 599 | |
| Author | Carney J. | |
| Title | Culture and mood disorders: The effect of abstraction in image, narrative and film on depression and anxiety | |
| Reference | Carney J.; Culture and mood disorders: The effect of abstraction in image, narrative and film on depression and anxiety ;Medical Humanities vol:46 issue: 4.0 page:430.0 |
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| Link to article | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85074565250&doi=10.1136%2fmedhum-2018-011459&partnerID=40&md5=2ea160d117e5713414455fe116e3c68e |
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| Abstract | Can cultural representations be used to therapeutic effect in the treatment of mood disorders like depression and anxiety? This article develops a theoretical framework that outlines how this might be achieved by way of mid-level cultural metrics that allow otherwise heterogeneous forms of representation to be grouped together. Its prediction is that abstract representations -as measured by Shannon entropy -will impact positively on anxiety, where concrete representations will positively impact on depression. The background to the prediction comes from construal level theory, a branch of social psychology that deals with the effects of abstraction on psychological distance; the types of cultural representations analysed include image, narrative and film. With a view to evaluating the hypothesis, the article surveys the empirical literature in art therapy, creative bibliotherapy and cinema therapy. © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. |
Culture and mood disorders: The effect of abstraction in image, narrative and film on depression and anxiety. In the first instance this is because culture comprises categories of assortment like ethnicity nationality and class as well as symbolic practices such as religion art and sporta scenario that disperses the consideration of culture and mental health across a range of objects and disciplines. The background to this will come from recent work in construal level theory a branch of social psychology that links the experience of psychological distance to the experience of abstraction. Nevertheless it is to be hoped that recent work in areas like cognitive cultural studies will have gone some distance towards illustrating the power of using empirically informed methodologies to engage with the symbolic apparatus of culture. Nevertheless given that the largest group chose the mandala design the positive results they establish for art therapy across all conditions are consistent with the CLT abstraction hypothesis.
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