RESULTS SUMMARY
As mentioned before, I decided to create a google form that would be used as a pretest/posttest in determining which art therapy activities are most effective in reducing stress. After analyzing all of the data shown below, the five most effective art therapy projects ended up being journaling, meditating, exercising/yoga, photography, and listening to music. These were projects were deemed most effective because they all received a stress rating of 5 after completing each of these projects. A rating of 5 meant that the participant felt very calm after the activity, which is a strong indication that this project was effective. In addition, all of the participants indicated that they would try this project again if they were ever stress in the future, which is another strong indication of its effectiveness. Although some of the other projects may have scored high, these five projects consistently gave a rating of 5, while the other projects scored 3 or 4s and participants indicated that they wouldn't re-try this activity. Based on these results, I strongly recommend anyone looking to de-stress with art to try these five art therapy projects. These google forms were the best technique for me to determine which projects were more effective than others.
MY RESULTS
Showcase of Data from Google Forms as a Pretest/Posttest
MY STRESS STATISTICS
Pictured to the right are statistics regarding my stress levels before and after completing each activity. I tended to be very stressed before the activity, but then my stress levels after each activity varied based on the activity being completed. I have not included the responses to each google form to maintain the anonymity of the reflections. Each subject was asked to measure their stress levels on a scale from 1-5 (1 being very stressed to 5 being calm). The measurement was solely based on how each subject felt at the time in terms of how stressed they were feeling. On both graphs, (before stress level and after stress level) the x-axis measured the stress levels of each response, and the y-axis measured the number of responses for each level of stress.
STEM SUBJECTS RESULTS
Showcase of Data from Google Forms
MY STEM SUBJECTS STRESS STATISTICS
Pictured to the right are statistics regarding my STEM subject's stress levels before and after completing each activity. They tended to be very stressed before the activity, but then their stress levels after each activity varied based on the activity being completed, but the majority of the results ended up with a rating of 5. I have not included the responses to each google form to maintain the anonymity of the reflections. Each subject was asked to measure their stress levels on a scale from 1-5 (1 being very stressed to 5 being calm). The measurement was solely based on how each subject felt at the time in terms of how stressed they were feeling. On both graphs, (before stress level and after stress level) the x-axis measured the stress levels of each response, and the y-axis measured the number of responses for each level of stress.
