Resource: Craft Psychology: How crafting promotes health, Book (Dr Anne Kirketerp)
‘Craft Psychology’ by Dr. Anne Kirketerp explains the science and psychology behind crafting and its effects on health and wellbeing.
drumming
Resource: Group drumming as a burnout prevention initiative among staff members at a child and adolescent mental health care facility (South African Journal of Psychology)
The research concludes that drumming and recreational music-making groups may represent a potentially powerful and cost-effective burnout reduction strategy, particularly within the context of public mental health in South Africa.
Resource: Recreational Music-Making: A Cost-Effective Group Interdisciplinary Strategy for Reducing Burnout and Improving Mood States in Long-Term Care Workers (Advances)
Research that concludes Recreation Music-Making reduces burnout and mood dimensions, as well as TMD, in long-term
care workers.
Resource: Group drumming and well-being: A promising self-care strategy for social workers (Arts & Health)
Research that concludes recreational drumming is a promising group-oriented self-care strategy among social workers, who often hold high-stress occupations.
Resource: Therapeutic Potential of a Drum and Dance Ceremony Based on the African Ngoma Tradition (Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine)
Research on the benefits of drum and dance ceremonies based in the African Ngoma Tradition.
Resource: African drumming: a holistic approach to reducing stress and improving health? (Department of Physiological Sciences, Stellenbosch University)
Research on Djembe drumming. Findings include that Djembe drumming may improve cardiovascular health and at the same time may decrease stress and anxiety levels.
Resource: Making music for mental health: how group drumming mediates recovery (Psychology of Well-Being)
Research demonstrating that group drumming provides a creative and mutual learning space in which mental health recovery can take place.
Resource: Effect of group empowerment drumming on cognitive performance and mood in women with fibromyalgia – disseration (Aquino, California State University, Fullerton)
Dissertation by Jordan Keith Aquino on the effect of group drumming for women with fibromyalgia.