Mak, HW;
Fancourt, D;
(2019)
Longitudinal associations between ability in arts activities, behavioural difficulties and self-esteem: analyses from the 1970 British Cohort Study.
Scientific Reports
, 9
, Article 14236. 10.1038/s41598-019-49847-x.
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Abstract
Arts engagement has been shown to have benefts for young people’s psychological and behavioural adjustment. However, it is unknown whether it is frequency of arts engagement or individual ability in arts activities that is associated with these benefts. This study therefore examines the link between arts ability and children’s behavioural difculties and self-esteem independent of frequency of engagement. We analysed data from the 1970 British Cohort Study with an overall sample size of 7700 for the behavioural difculties outcome, and of 4991 for the self-esteem outcome. Baseline measures were taken when the children were aged 10 and followed up at age 16. OLS regression analysis adjusted for identifed confounders shows that ability in the arts at age 10 was associated with a lower level of behavioural difculties at age 16 independent of baseline behaviours, identifed confounders and frequency of arts engagement. An association between arts ability and self-esteem was only found amongst children who have higher educational ability. These result suggest that there may be a value to encouraging the cultivation of arts skills at the onset of adolescence as a way of helping to foster children’s positive behavioural development.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Longitudinal associations between ability in arts activities, behavioural difficulties and self-esteem: analyses from the 1970 British Cohort Study |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-019-49847-x |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49847-x |
| Language: | English |
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| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Behavioural Science and Health |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10082828 |
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