Impact of Artistic Expression on Happiness and Emotional Intelligence in Young Adults

Abstract

Artistic expression is the creation of art in different forms, such as visual art, which includes drawing, sketching, painting and so on. It is a means for people to express their feelings, thoughts, and experiences through their preferred media. The research aimed to study the impact of artistic expression on happiness and emotional intelligence in young adults. A sample of 150 young adults who engage in arts as a hobby and who don’t engage in arts as a hobby were selected through the purposive sampling method for this study. The study was done through the two independent paired t-test to see the impact of artistic expression on happiness and emotional intelligence in which 50 individuals engage in arts as a hobby and 50 individuals don’t engage in arts as a hobby. Data was collected using the tools Subjective Happiness Scale developed by (Lyubomirsky & Lepper), and Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test developed by (Schutte and her colleagues). The findings of the study showed for happiness, there is a significant difference in people who engage in art as a hobby and people who don’t engage in art as a hobby in the context of artistic expression in which people who engage in art as a hobby scored higher. For Emotional Intelligence, there is no significant difference in people who engage in art as a hobby and people who don’t engage in art as a hobby in the context of artistic expression.