Ranking pictorial material of a landscape modeling task to detect mental stress levels - a pilot study

Abstract: Objective: Pictorial material is one of the oldest human ways of expressing inner-psychological and social processes. This pilot study investigates pictorial material of a landscape modeling task, movement trajectories, and a Tree-Drawings task using a ranking task approach. Methods: 15 subjects (8 female, aged 19 to 60) were asked to do a gardening task in an experimentally constructed environment and Koch's Tree-Drawing-Test. The finished piece of landscape art and the drawing were photographed. Movement patterns and the resulting space used for the landscape modeling task were tracked to create spatial movement trajectory maps. Mental state was measured via the Global Severity Index (GSI) of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI-18) and the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S). Picture ranking (from "healthy" to "mentally stressed") was applied to randomized landscape photographs, movement trajectories, and the Tree-Drawings from five experts (raters) representing the three area...

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Ranking pictorial material of a landscape modeling task to detect mental stress levels - a pilot study ; volume:3 ; day:23 ; month:11 ; year:2021 ; GMS journal of arts therapies ; 3 (23.11.2021)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Medizin, Gesundheit

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Niedermann, Christina ; Ostermann, Thomas

Further information

• DOI: 10.3205/jat000011
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0183-jat0000117
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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