Creative Research Episode 4

Health and Quality of Life

In this episode, we discuss existing research on health and creativity, and we listen to what participants in Creative Models had to say about their own experiences with creativity and health. We also talk about Quality of Life and we end with a discussion on creativity and flow.

Some of the research and books I discuss in this episode include:

• Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. 2013. Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention (Reprint edition ed.). Harper Perennial, New York.

• The Center on Aging, Health & Humanities, The George Washington University (GW) and Gene Cohen. 2006. The Creativity and Aging Study: The Impact of Professionally Conducted Cultural Programs on Older Adults. National Collaborative on Aging Faculty Publications (April 2006).

• Jen Beeston, Christopher Power, Paul Cairns, and Mark Barlet. 2018. Characteristics and Motivations of Players with Disabilities in Digital Games.

• Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt and Alan Howarth. 2019. The arts and the social determinants of health: findings from an inquiry conducted by the United Kingdom All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing. Arts & Health 0, 0 (January 2019), 1–22.

• David J. Kolko and Jorge L. Rickard-Figueroa. 1985. Effects of Video Games on the Adverse Corollaries of Chemotherapy in Pediatric Oncology Patients: A Single-Case Analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 53, 2 (April 1985), 223–228.