Calligraphic Handwriting (CCH) Effects on Moods and
Anxiety of Type II Diabetes Patients
Volume 3 - Issue 2
Henry S.R. Kao1*, C.H. Goan1 Xintian Li2, Jinghan Wei2, Nianfeng Guo2, Jiatang Zhang2
1Department of Psychology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
Received:June 19, 2021 Published: July 01, 2021
*Corresponding author: Henry S.R. Kao, Department of Psychology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
DOI: 10.32474/OAJCAM.2021.03.000157
Abstract
PDF
To view the Full Article Peer-reviewed Article PDF
Abstract
Background
Chinese Calligraphic Handwriting (CCH), a WHO (2019) recognized effective treatment, enhances our cognitive abilities,
relaxed bodily conditions and stabilized emotions. It has successfully treated the emotion-related anxieties and the moods that are
associated with several diseases and disorders. The present study tested this intervention on Diabetes patients.
Method
16 type II diabetes patients and 16 healthy subjects participated. Each group performed both the CCH tasks of brush handwriting
of Chinese characters and the brush drawing of geometric patterns. The Chinese versions of STAI and POMS measured the effects
of brush writing and brush drawing tasks. on the participants. Both scales were administered to all participants before and after a
40-minute training session.
Findings
The patients group significantly improved on Pre-Post measures of the STAI in both the brush writing (F= 11.97; p=0.004) and
brush drawing (F=14.08, p=0.002) tasks. However, the healthy subjects group also showed similarly a pre-post significant effects on
the STAI scores from the brush writing (F = 32.02; p = 0.000) and the drawing tasks (F= 14.05, p=0.002).
Moreover, both groups showed a significant reduction in the postforms states of Tension-Anxiety, Depressed-Dejection and
Confusion-Bewilderment in the brush writing task (P<0.001), but only Tension-Anxiety and Depressed-Dejection in the brush
drawing tasks (P<0,001), The reduction in each case from the patient groups is greater than that from the healthy subject’s group
(0.001).
Interpretation
The Brush Writing and Brush Drawing as treatments have shown significant improvements in STAI and some POMS states of
the practicing Type II diabetes patients.
Abstract|
Chinese Calligraphy|
Effects of Calligraphy Training|
Foundations of CCH Treatment on Emotional
States of Diabetes|
Method|
Discussion|
Funding|
References |