The art of being mentally healthy: a study to quantify the relationship between recreational arts engagement and mental well-being in the general population

Table 3 Association between subjective mental well-being and arts engagement (hours per year)

	Regression models
	1. WEMWBS (Unadjusted Model)			2. WEMWBS adjusted for demographics (age, sex, location, income, education, married, children)			3. WEMWBS adjusted for demographics, general health, sports engagement, religious activities & holidays
	β	SE	p-value	β	SE	p-value	β	SE	p-value
None vs High engagement	−2.01	0.87	0.0206	−1.94	0.90	0.0307	−1.60	0.85	0.0612
Low vs High engagement	−2.25	0.73	0.0022	−2.22	0.74	0.0026	−2.57	0.69	0.0002
Medium vs High engagement	−1.45	0.78	0.0650	−1.40	0.79	0.0755	−1.74	0.73	0.0178
Arts engagement	Mean Scores			Mean Scores			Mean Scores
None/no art (n = 120)	52.83			52.87			53.35
Low engagement (n = 230)	52.59			52.59			52.38
Medium engagement (n = 172)	53.40			53.41			53.21
High engagement (n = 180)	54.84			54.81			54.95
	F value	df	p-value	F value	df	p-value	F value	df	p-value
Overall Test – 4 groups (none, low, medium, high arts engagement)	3.48	3	0.0157	3.25	3	0.0215	4.67	3	0.0031
Overall Test – 3 groups (none, low, medium arts engagement)	0.59	2	0.5548	0.60	2	0.5482	1.03	2	0.3582
Overall Test – 2 groups (not high versus high arts engagement)^a	9.26	1	0.0024	8.50	1	0.0037	11.74	1	0.0006

^aHigh arts engagement = 100 or more hours/year; Not high engagement (none, low, medium) = 99.99 or less hours/year

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