The effects of the leisure activity of coloring on post-test anxiety in graduate level occupational therapy students

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dc.contributor.authorBurton, Brittney N.
dc.contributor.authorBaxter, Mary F.
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-05T13:06:03Z
dc.date.available2019-09-05T13:06:03Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionArticle originally published in The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 7(1). English. Published online 2019. https://doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.1451
dc.description.abstractBackground: This study examined the effects of the leisure activity of coloring on the anxiety levels of graduate level occupational therapy students after taking a high stress exam. This study also examined the effects of the leisure activity of coloring on the students’ perceptions of preparedness for and performance on the exam.en_US
dc.description.abstractMethod: The participants were recruited for this quantitative, pre/posttest study through a purposive convenience sample and randomly assigned to either the leisure activity or the control. A self-report assessment was used for data collection. The changes in anxiety levels were examined using a repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA). Independent sample t-tests were performed to compare means of the change in anxiety levels, the participants’ perceptions of outcomes on the previous tests, and their perceptions of preparedness for the tests.
dc.description.abstractResults: The participants who participated in the leisure activity of coloring demonstrated a significantly greater reduction in anxiety levels than the participants in the control. Perceptions of performance on and preparedness for the previous tests did not differ between the groups.
dc.description.abstractConclusion: The findings support using the leisure activity of coloring as an effective tool for the reduction of post-test anxiety in graduate level occupational therapy students.
dc.identifier.citationThis is a published version of a paper that is available at: https://doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.1451. Recommended citation: Burton, B. N., & Baxter, M. F. (2019). The effects of the leisure activity of coloring on post-test anxiety in graduate level occupational therapy students. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 7(1). This item has been deposited in accordance with publisher copyright and licensing terms and with the author’s permission.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11274/11787
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.1451
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherWestern Michigan Universityen_US
dc.subjectPost-test anxietyen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectLeisureen_US
dc.subjectOccupational adaptationen_US
dc.titleThe effects of the leisure activity of coloring on post-test anxiety in graduate level occupational therapy studentsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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