Mental Health of College-Aged Performing Arts Students
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Cosentino, Joseph
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2025-04-03
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The topic of my research brings attention to the mental health of collegiate performing
arts students. As a student who is involved in various performing arts subjects such as band,
orchestra, and private piano lessons, I know a lot of different people that participate in these
activities and other activities such as theater and dance. At Alma College, our performing art’s
students' art stretched very thin with time and classes, amongst their activities outside of regular
classes. My study aims to gather data on different feelings that these students may have, being
depressive and anxious behaviors, burnout, and imposter syndrome. I will also be measuring
perceived social support to see if this has any impact on the behaviors listed previously. I also
plan on this study to reach other universities in the area such as Central Michigan University and
Michigan State University.
My study will be done using qualtrics for a survey. The survey will include several scales
such as The PHQ-8 (depression scale), the Imposter Syndrome Scale, The Burnout Assessment
Scale, The Beck Anxiety Index, and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support.
These scales will allow me to have an accurate representation of the different emotions and
struggles performing arts students may or may not have. My goal for this study is to not only
have an understanding of what these students may be dealing with, but to also bring awareness to
this issue at hand. The expectations I have for findings within this study are a good
representation of what feelings and mental health collegiate performing arts students experience.
I unfortunately expect the results to reflect a spectrum of poor mental health, especially as the
semester continues.