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PASTEL NAGOMI ARTWORK FOR IMPROVING
MENTAL HEALTH AND STRESS OF HONG KONG
COLLEGE STUDENTS
ABSTRACT Poster
RESEARCH BACKGROUND
For Hong Kong college students, mental health issues are common and serious
challenges. Students are facing increasing academic pressure, social pressure, and
employment competition pressure, which has a negative impact on their mental health
or emotions. Mental health issues are becoming prevalent on college campuses.
Therefore, it is necessary to find effective ways to help students reducing stress and
LAU HIN TUNG promoting emotional well-being. In past research, creating art has been shown to have
a positive impact on stress management and mental health. Pastel Nagomi art is a
BSc (Hons) in Nutrition and Healthcare healing art that helps students to disconnect from their busy daily lives and enter a
Management calm and creative environment.
Department of Food and Health METHODOLOGY
Sciences
This study uses an intervention group pre- and post-test and a control group as a
quasi-experimental design. For statistical studies, pair t-test and independent t-test are
used. Hong Kong college students are defined as those studying full-time in bachelor's
OBJECTIVES degree programs at local universities or colleges. The age range is 18 to 25 years old.
The number of samples in each group is 10 persons. Recruitment is conducted via email
There are two objectives for this study. and social media promotions. Participants will be excluded if they have hypertension
The first aim is to provide a new method or mental illness and need to take medication. Participants will fill out a Depression
for college students to resolve their Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 (DASS-21) in week 0 when they agree to participate in
emotions. The second aim is to reduce the study. If they have present severe conditions (e.g. persistent symptoms such as
the risk of mental illnesses among reduced appetite and changes in sleep) in the result some questions will be asked.
The results of the research will be determined based on the scores on the DASS-21
college students. questionnaire. Participants will be given questionnaires to fill out in the one, second,
and eight weeks of the workshop. After the questionnaire, blood pressure and heartbeat
will be measured before and after the Pastel Nagomi art lesson.
FINDINGS
For the comparison of intervention group, DASS-21 scores show significant differences (p
< 0.05). The Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test is used. It shows that the sample group's negative
emotions improved significantly after the Pastel Nagomi art workshop. For the comparison of
the control group, DASS-21 scores show no significant differences (p > 0.05). No significant
difference in negative emotions among the control group.
ABOUT THE INVESTIGATOR
My name is LAU Hin Tung. I am a year 4 Nutrition and Healthcare Management
student. My final year project supervisor is Dr. LIU Wai Ching. I usually like to do static
activities. My interests are drawing, playing oboe, and listening to music. It can help
me to maintain a positive emotion and balance. My career goal is to work in healthcare
field. Through this knowledge, I hope to help more people and contribute to society.
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