Arts engagement and self-esteem in children: results from a propensity score matching analysis
Arts engagement and self-esteem in children: results from a propensity score matching analysis
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DOI：
10.1111/nyas.14056
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发表时间：
2019-08-01
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5.2
通讯作者：
Fancourt, Daisy
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作者：
Mak, Hei Wan;Fancourt, Daisy
自尊被认为对儿童的社会和认知发展以及情绪健康至关重要。到目前为止，一些研究表明，艺术活动可以提高年轻人的自尊。然而，这类研究主要集中在没有代表性的小样本上。在这项研究中，来自英国千禧年队列研究的6209名儿童的数据被使用倾向分数匹配进行分析，以调查儿童的艺术投入(1)听或演奏音乐；(2)绘画、绘画或做东西；以及(3)阅读(为了享受)与11岁时的自尊之间的关系。当匹配所有已确定的人口统计、社会经济和家庭混杂因素时，所有这三种活动都与更高的自尊水平相关。此外，当孩子们定期与父母一起参加这些活动时，这种关系更加突出。然而，没有明确的证据表明音乐或艺术活动的能力会缓和自尊与阅读之间的关系，尽管英语语言能力可能会缓和阅读与自尊之间的联系。这些结果表明，促进儿童艺术参与的举措可能会提供一种实用而有效的方式来提高儿童的自尊。这是关键，因为儿童时期的自尊往往会随着儿童进入青春期而下降，但与终身发展和幸福有关。
Self-esteem is regarded as vital to children's social and cognitive development and emotional well-being. To date, a few studies have suggested that arts activities can improve self-esteem in young people. However, such studies mainly focused on small, nonrepresentative samples. In this study, data from 6209 children included in the United Kingdom Millennium Cohort Study were analyzed using propensity score matching to investigate the association between children's arts engagement ((1) listening to or playing music; (2) drawing, painting, or making things; and (3) reading for enjoyment) and self-esteem at age 11. All three activities were associated with higher levels of self-esteem when matching for all identified demographic, socioeconomic, and familial confounders. Additionally, the relationship was more prominent when children engaged in these activities with their parents on a regular basis. However, there was no clear evidence that ability in either music or arts activities moderated the relationship with self-esteem, although English language ability may moderate the association between reading and self-esteem. These results suggest that initiatives to promote arts engagement in children may provide a practical and efficient way to improve children's self-esteem. This is the key given self-esteem in childhood tends to decline as children enter adolescence, yet is linked to lifelong development and well-being.