Adult education health and well-being

Name: Adult education health and well-being
Published: 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Pearce, E; Launay, J

Documentation:: These data were collected as part of a 7-month study looking at the social bonding and health/well-being effects of group singing as compared with creative writing or arts and crafts.

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Pearce, E., & Launay, J. (2016). Adult education health and well-being. University of Oxford.

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Pearce, E, and J Launay. Adult Education Health and Well-Being. University of Oxford, 2016.

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Pearce, E, and J Launay. 2016. Adult Education Health and Well-Being. University of Oxford.
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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MSD
Department:: Experimental Psychology
Role:: Researcher, Creator

+ Launay, J More by this author/creator

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MSD
Department:: Experimental Psychology
Role:: Creator, Researcher

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Grant:: 295663

Publisher:: University of Oxford
Publication date:: 2016
DOI:: 10.5287/bodleian:MPQvmbqr0

Pubs id:: 1480363
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Deposit date:: 2016-06-27
ARK identifier:: ark:/29072/ora_afe5943ebcae48ed8254bdbebae9c8ee

Related item:: Is group singing special? Health, well-being and social bonds in community-based adult education classes
Description:: Evidence demonstrates that group singing improves health and well-being, but the precise mechanisms remain unknown. Given that cohesive social networks also positively influence health, we focus on the social aspects of singing, exploring whether improvements in health and well-being are mediated by stronger social bonds, both to the group as a whole (collective-bonding) and to individual classmates (relational-bonding). To do so, seven newly-formed community-based adult education classes (four singing, N=84, and three comparison classes studying creative writing or crafts, N=51) were followed over seven months. Self-report questionnaire data on mental and physical health, well-being, and social bonding were collected at Months 1, 3 and 7. We demonstrate that physical and mental health and satisfaction with life significantly improved over time in both conditions. Path analysis did not show any indirect effects via social bonding of Condition on health and well-being. However, higher collective-bonding at timepoint 3 significantly predicted increased flourishing, reduced anxiety and improved physical health independently of baseline levels. In contrast, relational-bonding showed no such effects, suggesting that it is feeling part of a group that particularly yields health and well-being benefits. Moreover, these results indicate that singing may not improve health and well-being more than other types of activities. Nonetheless, these findings encourage further work to refine our understanding of the social aspects of community-based adult education classes in promoting health, well-being and community cohesion.

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