CREATIVE PERSUASION: ENHANCING WELL-BEING AND SELF-EFFICACY THROUGH THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE

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dc.contributor.advisorKhamis, Saharen_US
dc.contributor.authorGanzermiller, Josie Deannaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCommunicationen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-08T06:34:32Z
dc.date.available2019-02-08T06:34:32Z
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.description.abstractThis manuscript is intended as a first step in exploratory research to examine the efficacy of creative performance in entertainment-based health interventions, as well as the cognitive mechanisms for that efficacy. Creative performance for the purposes of this study is defined as engaging in an activity that requires the participant to use his or her body to creatively portray a character and/or enact a message. While much is known about the efficacy of entertainment-based health interventions, less empirical work has focused on how merely participating in creative performance promotes well-being. Well-being is psychological and mental health, which is more than the absence of mental disorder or disease, but rather the state of "optimal psychological functioning and experience" (Ryan & Deci, 2001). This document outlines a panel study that evaluates the degree to which active involvement in an immersive theatre camp leads to increases in well-being and self-efficacy for adolescents, as well as the theoretical basis for expecting such a result. A front matter table (p. vii) provides a reference for the key concepts and variables included in the study. The following chapters expand on the rationale for this work, including entertainment-education, benefits of creative performance, and the importance of well-being in adolescence.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/poiq-w9ij
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/21759
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHealth educationen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledTheateren_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEducational psychologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledhealth communicationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledpersuasionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledself-efficacyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledtheatreen_US
dc.titleCREATIVE PERSUASION: ENHANCING WELL-BEING AND SELF-EFFICACY THROUGH THEATRICAL PERFORMANCEen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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