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Associate Professor of Psychology @PsychUWEBristol. Creativity, art & health, wellbeing, schizotypy. Editor @Arts_Health_Jnl. https://t.co/iI43VqDxfE

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Pleased to share new paper with experience sampling method exploring which everyday activities reduce anxiety & increase happiness of adolescents (arts, sport, socialising), for those with & without depression and anxiety #ESM @PSRG_UWE @PsychUWEBristol.
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Background: Reducing anxiety and depression in adolescents is a global health priority. Personal and social resources (e.g., hobbies and socialising) may reduce distress. Yet, there is insufficient...
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Dr Nicola Jane Holt
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Pleased to see that my comment has been published, along with comments by others, on Skov and Nadal's critique of arts and health research. I focused on one issue, complexity, and the lack of consideration of this in their analysis.
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Dr Nicola Jane Holt
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RT @ArtsAgeingNTU: Watch this space! Been delightful working on a chapter discussing The arts in the prevention and management of chronic h….
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This comprehensive Handbook defines, surveys, and critiques the burgeoning discipline of arts and health. It brings together the growing evidence base and discusses policy and practice from around...
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RT @RosemaryGolding: This blog post offers an excellent account of the evidence for the arts on prescription, and the challenges of evaluat….
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Dr Nicola Jane Holt
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RT @drmarionlynch: Another goal achieved. Nurses getting seen, heard and published. Chapter 23 is me! Book won’t be out until October but o….
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Dr Nicola Jane Holt
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The use of the arts within social prescribing is expanding globally. But, what is art on prescription and what does the research on its efficacy suggest?
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By Nicola Holt. Image above: "Tapestry" from a city-wide arts on referral project in Bristol led by CreativeShift, which was exhibited at Arnolfin ...
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Dr Nicola Jane Holt
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RT @SarahLizzyLou: @cv_cev @long_covid @LongCovidKids @LongCovidSOS . Another 4k signatures are needed before 11th May. I can’t believe the….
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Dr Nicola Jane Holt
6 months
RT @Arts_Health_Jnl: NEW ARTICLE! This paper explores the experiences and transition of a relational arts Academy to a virtual space for co….
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Dr Nicola Jane Holt
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RT @Arts_Health_Jnl: It's World #SocialPrescribingDay! 🎨To celebrate we have dived in to the Arts & Health archive to share two important p….
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Dr Nicola Jane Holt
6 months
Happy to have sent the Routledge Handbook of Arts & Health to the publisher this morning - I hope that the copyediting stage goes smoothly. Thanks to all of the authors for their work and for helping to create such a comprehensive overview of the field. #artsandhealth
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Dr Nicola Jane Holt
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RT @Arts_Health_Jnl: This International Women’s Day we are looking back at three important research papers which centre the lived experienc….
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Dr Nicola Jane Holt
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RT @Arts_Health_Jnl: We'd also like to acknowledge and thank our consultants for statistics @FeifeiBu Thomson, our consultants for systemat….
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Dr Nicola Jane Holt
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RT @Arts_Health_Jnl: This #IWD2025 we acknowledge the expertise and labour involved by our editors to keep our journal going from strength….
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Dr Nicola Jane Holt
6 months
New paper: Do daily happiness and nervousness fluctuate according to depressive and/or anxious symptoms in adolescents and young adults across three Latin American cities?: an experience sampling study @PSRG_UWE @PsychUWEBristol.
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Dr Nicola Jane Holt
6 months
Check out this interesting #JMIR paper: Do daily happiness & nervousness fluctuate according to depressive and/or anxious symptoms in adolescents and young adults across three Latin American cities? an experience sampling study #digitalhealth via @jmirpub.
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Dr Nicola Jane Holt
6 months
Which personal and social resources help adolescents to recover from negative affect in daily life? An experience sampling study: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health: Vol 0, No 0
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Dr Nicola Jane Holt
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RT @Arts_Health_Jnl: NEW ARTICLE! Dance harnesses humanity in exercise from University of Toronto researchers Caitlin Elmslie, Lara McCalli….
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Dr Nicola Jane Holt
9 months
Cognitive and Affective Benefits of Coloring Funny that this is my highest scoring article and 11th top scoring in the journal Art Therapy. I think it's because colouring is so accessible and so shared as a stress reduction technique.
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Dr Nicola Jane Holt
9 months
Enjoying finishing a book chapter on the visual arts and crafts for health and wellbeing for the upcoming Routledge Handbook of Arts and Health. I have organised the content into the following areas - and know much more about some of these than others!
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