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      Differential participation in community cultural activities amongst those with poor mental health: Analyses of the UK Taking Part Survey

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          Rationale. There is a growing literature on the benefits of arts and cultural engagement for mental health. However, whether poor mental health is a barrier to engaging in cultural activities remains unclear. Objective. To identify whether there are differential participation rates in community cultural activities amongst those with differing levels of mental health (specifically, feelings of anxiety and happiness) and identify potential explanatory factors. Method. We analysed data from 7241 participants in the Taking Part survey; a random face-to-face household survey conducted in England (2016–2017). Cultural engagement was measured using a four-factor variable of cultural participation derived from assessing annual attendance at 21 receptive cultural activities. Mental health was measured using two of the Office for National Statistics measures of subjective wellbeing: happiness and anxious feelings. Analyses were adjusted for demographic, socio-economic, geographic and behavioural factors. Results. There was no difference in participation amongst individuals experiencing high levels of anxious feelings, but individuals experiencing low levels of happiness were less likely to engage in ‘popular’ cultural activities (e.g., live music events/cinema), ‘high art’ cultural activities (e.g., opera/ballet), and crafts and literary cultural events (e.g., exhibitions/book fairs). Education and socio-economic status largely explained differences, but for ‘high art’ and ‘popular’ activities, differences persisted independent of all explanatory factors tested. There was no difference in participation in global cultural activities (e.g., festivals). Conclusions. Using behaviour change theory, our findings suggest that lower levels of physical and social opportunity and psychological capability may reduce levels of cultural participation amongst individuals with low levels of happiness, but other physical and perceived barriers still remain to be explored.

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          • Low levels of happiness are associated with lower levels of cultural engagement.

          • Education level and socio-economic position explain some of these differences.

          • Mental health is not associated with participation in global cultural activities.

          • High levels of anxious feelings are not associated with lower cultural engagement.

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                Contributors
                Journal
                Soc Sci Med
                Soc Sci Med
                Social Science & Medicine (1982)
                Pergamon
                0277-9536
                1873-5347
                1 September 2020
                September 2020
                : 261
                : 113221
                Affiliations
                [1]Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7HB, UK
                Author notes
                []Corresponding author. d.fancourt@ 123456ucl.ac.uk
                Article
                S0277-9536(20)30440-8 113221
                10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113221
                7903156
                32745824
                aa47b932-c623-4398-8805-741312df6be2
                © 2020 The Authors

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

                History
                : 25 March 2020
                : 11 July 2020
                Categories
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                Health & Social care
                cultural engagement,anxiety,mental health,community participation,behaviour change theory

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