What barriers do people experience to engaging in the arts? Structural equation modelling of the relationship between individual characteristics and capabilities, opportunities, and motivations to engage
What barriers do people experience to engaging in the arts? Structural equation modelling of the relationship between individual characteristics and capabilities, opportunities, and motivations to engage
复制标题
DOI：
10.1371/journal.pone.0230487
复制
发表时间：
2020-03-25
期刊：
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Mak, Hei Wan
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Fancourt, Daisy;Mak, Hei Wan
目标 参与艺术对健康有明确的好处。然而，艺术参与是有社会模式的，目前还不清楚为什么会这样：哪些因素成为个人艺术参与的障碍或推动者。因此，本研究探讨了个人特征如何预测个人参与参与性艺术活动的能力、机会和动机。方法我们分析了英国 6,867 名成年人（61.2% 女性，平均年龄 46.7 岁）的数据，他们不经常参与表演艺术、视觉艺术、设计和手工艺、文学相关活动或在线、数字和电子艺术。我们构建了一个结构方程模型来探索人口因素（包括年龄、性别、种族或社会经济地位）、健康因素（包括身体和心理健康）或社会因素（包括独居、城市密度、孤独或社交）与艺术参与感知障碍之间的关系。结果身心健康状况较差的个体经历了更多影响其参与艺术感知能力的障碍，而心理健康状况较差的个体也描述了影响其参与动机的更多障碍。社会经济地位较低的人报告说，他们在参与机会方面存在更多障碍，而孤独则与机会和动机方面的更多障碍有关，而独居则与更多的机会障碍有关。有趣的是，年龄较大的成年人与男性一样，在能力或机会方面遇到的障碍较少，而白人在所有三个领域的障碍都较少。参与社会活动较多或身体健康状况较差的成年人在动机方面遇到的障碍较少。居住的地理区域与任何障碍无关。结论这项研究首次表明了导致艺术参与模式差异的障碍所在。这些发现可以为未来的行为改变干预措施提供信息，这些干预措施旨在鼓励最不可能参与艺术的人参与艺术。
ObjectivesParticipation in the arts has well-documented benefits for health. However, participation in the arts is socially patterned, and it remains unclear why this is: what factors act as barriers or enablers of individual arts engagement. Therefore this study explored how individual characteristics predict individuals' capabilities, opportunities and motivations to engage in participatory arts activities.MethodsWe analysed data from 6,867 adults in the UK (61.2% female, average age 46.7 years) who engage infrequently in performing arts, visual arts, design and crafts, literature-related activities, or online, digital and electronic arts. We constructed a structural equation model to explore the relationship between demographic factors (including age, sex, ethnicity or socio-economic status), health factors (including physical and mental health) or social factors (including living alone, urban density, loneliness or socialising) and perceived barriers to arts engagement.ResultsIndividuals with poorer physical and mental health experienced more barriers affecting their perceived capabilities to engage in the arts, whilst individuals with poorer mental health also described experiencing more barriers affecting their motivations to engage. Individuals of lower SES reported more barriers in terms of opportunities to engage, whilst loneliness was related to more barriers around opportunities and motivations and living alone was associated with more opportunity barriers. Interestingly, adults who were older experienced fewer barriers relating to capabilities or opportunities, as did men, whilst being of white ethnicity was associated with fewer barriers across all three domains. Adults who were more socially engaged or who had poorer physical health experienced fewer barriers relating to motivations. Geographical area of dwelling was not related to any barriers.ConclusionsThis study has shown for the first time where the barriers leading to differential patterns of arts engagement lie. The findings could inform future behaviour change interventions designed to encourage arts engagement amongst individuals who are least likely to engage.