Sarman, AbdullahGunay, Ulviye2024-08-042024-08-0420230022-41971573-6571https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-021-01479-0https://hdl.handle.net/11616/100428This research was conducted to determine the effect of calligraphy on the anxiety and depression levels of adolescent psychiatric patients. It was conducted with adolescent psychiatric patients ages 14-17 in Turkey's Eastern Anatolia Region. They were allocated a calligraphy (n = 40) or a wait-list (n = 39) group. Those in the calligraphy group participated in 60-min calligraphy sessions for three weeks. The state anxiety levels of adolescents who applied calligraphy decreased gradually when compared with adolescents in the control group. The difference between the third-week mean post-test state anxiety scores of the adolescents in the calligraphy and control groups was significant (t = 2.34, p = .02). The trait anxiety scale and depression scale mean post-test scores of the adolescents in the calligraphy group were lower than in the control group. The difference between two groups was significant. Calligraphy can be potentially used as a beneficial method for reducing anxiety and depression.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessAnxietyAdolescenceArt therapyCalligraphyDepressionArticle622126912853505996410.1007/s10943-021-01479-02-s2.0-85123260334Q1WOS:000744792500002Q2