AReA:
Aesthetic Responsiveness Assessment
The AReA is a short (14-item) questionnaire for assessing how responsive a person is to aesthetic experiences, such as with visual arts, music, dance and performance.
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Read the Papers.
Schlotz, W., Wallot, S. Omigie, D., Masucci, M.D., Hoelzmann, S.C., Vessel, E.A. (2020). The Aesthetic Responsiveness Assessment (AReA): A screening tool to assess individual differences in responsiveness to art in English and German. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 15(4), 682–696. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000348
Golbabaei, S., Christensen, J.F., Vessel, E.A., Kazemian, N., Borhani, K. (2022). The Aesthetic Responsiveness Assessment (AReA) in Farsi Language: A scale validation and cultural adaptation study. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000532
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Get Involved.
Interested in creating and validating a translation of the AReA in a new language? Want to help create the next version of the AReA?
Contact evessel[at]ccny[dot]cuny[dot]edu
Image Credit: Detail from Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I