The Effectiveness Mandala Therapy On Coping Stress

DOI

10.2991/icosop-17.2018.45How to use a DOI?

Keywords

stress, coping stress, coloring therapy

Abstract

Mandala as therapeutic intervention commonly used by ordinary people and therapists to reduce psychological stress. However, in Indonesia particularly in Medan, there is no scientificalevidence-based on empirical research of itis in treatment related to coping stress. This wasan explanatory study that examined the effectiveness of Mandala coloring therapy in thereduction of stress level. The stress level was measured by the Perceived Stress Scale at baseline and after coloring. A sample of 32 adult participants assigned to coloring a Mandala pattern in three times experimental condition. Results findings suggest that structured coloring of Mandala pattern induce a relaxed state that decreased stress level.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hasnida
AU  - Amalia Meutia
PY  - 2017/12
DA  - 2017/12
TI  - The Effectiveness Mandala Therapy On Coping Stress
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Social and Political Development (ICOSOP 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 288
EP  - 290
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icosop-17.2018.45
DO  - 10.2991/icosop-17.2018.45
ID  - 2017/12
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