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Stephen Clift is affiliated with Canterbury Christ Church University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Arts and Humanities, with notable focus areas including Social Psychology, Conservation, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Music.

The scholar's work concentrates on several key topics:

  • Music Therapy and Health
  • Art Therapy and Mental Health
  • Empathy and Medical Education
  • Diverse Music Education Insights
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Diversity and Impact of Dance

Stephen Clift's recent papers include:

  • The need for robust critique of research on social and health impacts of the arts, 2021, Cultural Trends
  • Fancourt, D. and Finn, S. (2019). What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being? A scoping review, 2020, Nordic Journal of Arts Culture and Health
  • Arts and Health Glossary - A Summary of Definitions for Use in Research, Policy and Practice, 2022, Frontiers in Psychology
  • The Need for Robust Critique of Arts and Health Research: Young People, Art Therapy and Mental Health, 2022, Frontiers in Psychology
  • Community singing, wellbeing and older people: implementing and evaluating an English singing for health intervention in Rome, 2020, Perspectives in Public Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Clift include:

  • Katarzyna Grebosz-Haring
  • Leonhard Thun-Hohenstein
  • Anna Katharina Schuchter-Wiegand
  • Arne C. Bathke
  • Christina Davies

Their publications are often found in the following venues:

  • Nordic Journal of Arts Culture and Health
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • Perspectives in Public Health
  • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

In addition to journal publications, Stephen Clift has contributed to book literature, notably publishing with Tuculart Edition eBooks in 2022 titled PROBLEMS OF INFORMATION SUPPORT AND LEGAL REGULATION OF E-GOVERNANCE IN UKRAINE.

Best Publications

  • Choral singing and psychological wellbeing: quantitative and qualitative findings from English choirs in a cross-national survey

    Stephen Clift;Grenville Hancox;Ian Morrison;Barbel Hess

  • The perceived benefits of singing: findings from preliminary surveys of a university college choral society.

    S M Clift;G Hancox

  • Fancourt, D. and Finn, S. (2019). What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being? A scoping review

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  • Gay men and tourism: destinations and holiday motivations

    Stephen Clift;Simon Forrest

  • Shall we dance? An exploration of the perceived benefits of dancing on well-being

    Cynthia Quiroga Murcia;Gunter Kreutz;Stephen Clift;Stephan Bongard

  • Creative arts as a public health resource: moving from practice-based research to evidence-based practice.

    Stephen Clift

  • Tourism and sex: culture, commerce and coercion.

    Stephen Clift;Simon Carter

  • Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of community singing on mental health-related quality of life of older people: randomised controlled trial.

    Simon Coulton;Stephen Clift;Ann Skingley;John Rodriguez

  • Arts on Prescription: A review of practice in the UK

    Hilary Bungay;Stephen Clift

  • Benefits of choral singing for social and mental wellbeing: qualitative findings from a cross‐national survey of choir members

    Laetitia Livesey;Ian Morrison;Stephen Clift;Paul Camic

  • Oxford textbook of creative arts, health and wellbeing: international perspectives on practice, policy and research.

    Stephen Clift;Paul M. Camic

  • The health promoting school: international advances in theory, evaluation and practice

    S. M. Clift;B. B. Jensen

  • The significance of choral singing for sustaining psychological wellbeing: findings from a survey of choristers in England, Australia and Germany

    S. M. Clift;G. Hancox

  • The state of arts and health in England

    Stephen Clift;Paul M. Camic;Brian Chapman;Gavin Clayton

  • A systematic review of mental health and wellbeing outcomes of group singing for adults with a mental health condition

    Elyse Williams;Genevieve A Dingle;Stephen Clift

  • Group singing fosters mental health and wellbeing: findings from the East Kent “singing for health” network project

    Stephen Clift;Ian Morrison

  • Singing for Lung Health-a systematic review of the literature and consensus statement.

    Adam Lewis;Phoene Cave;Myra Stern;Lindsay Welch

  • Singing and health: a systematic mapping and review of non-clinical research

    S. M. Clift;G. Hancox;R. Staricoff;C. Whitmore

  • Sex tourism: paradigms of confusion?

    C. Ryan;S. Clift;S. Carter

  • Group singing, wellbeing and health: a systematic mapping of research evidence

    S. M. Clift;J. Nicol;M. Raisbeck;C. Whitmore

  • Cognitive predictors of adherence to malaria prophylaxis regimens on return from a malarious region: a prospective study.

    Charles Abraham;Stephen Clift;Peter Grabowski

  • Health and the International Tourist

    Stephen Clift;Stephen Page

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul M. Camic
Paul M. Camic University College London
Genevieve A. Dingle
Genevieve A. Dingle University of Queensland
Charles Abraham
Charles Abraham University of Exeter
Lauren Stewart
Lauren Stewart Goldsmiths University of London
Mark Tarrant
Mark Tarrant University of Exeter
Kathleen Ford
Kathleen Ford University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Chris Ryan
Chris Ryan University of Waikato

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