Actividades artísticas como mecanismo escolar para reducir el estrés: caso de estudio la filigrana

Abstract

The school stage turns out to be a complex process in the life of students since they not only have the obligation to devote much of their time to fulfill their homework but also have obligations outside the school environment; among them: family activities and difficulties from the health area, which are generators of stress in students, affecting their life, both physical and mental, inside and outside the classroom. Therefore, stress is a problem that must be taken into account in student life, as it directly reflects on the academic performance of children, a clear example is their behaviour, disinterest, distraction, and lack of motivation, among others; to improve this, the necessary tools must be applied to learn how to manage it. Hence, the arts have been used as mechanisms to cope with stress. It is through the plastic arts, specifically filigree, a technique that achieves artistic results from manipulating and rolling paper, which aims to lower stress levels in students and achieve physical and mental wellbeing. The use of lattice helps to reduce stress in students, creating a friendly environment where they can express their emotions, in addition to the satisfaction of artistic achievement, therefore, it can be used as a strategy to combat stress in students and prevent them from relapsing into more serious problems. The results show that it is appropriate and possible to decrease children's stress with the application of filigree.