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May 18, 2020 · Improv, Creativity, Acceptance, and Psychological Well-Being. The study also measured participants’ resilience, mindfulness, and acceptance but did not find significant increases in these areas ...
Apr 21, 2020 · Keywords: applied improv; training; psychological well-being; social skills; creativity IMPROV T O IMPROVE 3 In recent years, improvisational theatre (improv) has become increasingly popular.
Apr 21, 2020 · However, the beneficial impact of improv on psychological variables has barely been investigated. In this study, we aim to fill this gap and contribute to a scientific investigation of improvisational theater on various variables that measure creativity, acceptance, and psychological well-being.
- Diana Schwenke, Maja Dshemuchadse, Lisa Rasehorn, Dominik Klarhölter, Stefan Scherbaum
- 2021
Aug 1, 2024 · We will first examine, whether controlled laboratory version of the word-by-word game is able to yield differences between expected and unexpected utterances (Experiment 1) and then compare improv-players with a control group of novices (Experiment 2) in the task and on individual variables regarding participants’ creativity, cognitive abilities and psychological well-being (Schwenke et al ...
Improvisational theater (improv) is a form of theater where dialog, characters, and story are created spontaneously by its actors on stage. In the last years, different improv techniques have gained increasing popularity and spread into fields beyond comedy and performing art, e.g., business organizations and educational programs. However, the beneficial impact of improv on psychological ...
Dec 16, 2020 · We discuss how these findings suggest that improv may be beneficial for mental health, and that the processes identified in this study may play a part in treatments incorporating improv. The values, activities and relational aspects of improv and psychotherapy, in particular, are highlighted.
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Mar 1, 2020 · Prior studies have shown that the autonomy experienced in creative tasks boosts affective well-being (Bujacz et al., 2016). The improv training likely led to a relative gain in positive affect because the autonomy of participants in the control condition was relatively restricted. This difference is important because prior research (which did ...
