Keywords
Creativity; Creative Coping; Depression; Anxiety; Mental Health
Abstract
The relationship between creativity and mental illness has been established in the literature. There are multiple possible explanations for how mental illness and creativity are connected, and creativity has shown to be an effective treatment for different mental illnesses (for example, through art therapy). Despite this, there is limited research on which creative activities those with mental illnesses naturally use to cope. Information on the type of creative coping that the mentally ill naturally gravitate to and find most effective can further inform possible treatment plans and suggestions. This study aims to address gaps in the literature concerning how college-aged students with the most common mental illnesses, which are depression and anxiety, use creativity to cope. This study looks at how type of mental illness affects the type of creative coping chosen, how severity of mental illness impacts use of creativity, how moderate severity of mental illness impacts frequency of creative coping, if there is an interaction between multiple mental illnesses present and creative coping, and how race/gender impacts overall creative coping.
Thesis Completion Year
2024
Thesis Completion Semester
Fall
Thesis Chair
Saunders, William
College
College of Sciences
Department
Psychology
Thesis Discipline
Psychology
Language
English
Access Status
Open Access
Length of Campus Access
None
Campus Location
Orlando (Main) Campus
STARS Citation
Dragu, Nelly M., "Coping With Creativity - The Relationship Between Depression/Anxiety And Creative Coping In College-Aged Students" (2024). Honors Undergraduate Theses. 197.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/hut2024/197
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