Department of Behavioral Science and Health, Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care, University College London, United Kingdom.
PLoS One. 2022 Aug 31;17(8):e0273829. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273829. eCollection 2022.
Between March 2020 and March 2021, the United Kingdom (UK) experienced three lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the evident association between arts engagement and wellbeing, this study was designed to compare the predictors and patterns of home-based arts engagement during these lockdowns. Data analysed in this study were from the UK COVID-19 Social Study run by University College London. Multinomial logistic regression was used to identify predictors of arts engagement and compare (i) respondents' engagement levels during the first lockdown in April/May 2020 and their levels in pre-pandemic times (N = 23,086), (ii) their engagement levels during the second lockdown in November/December 2020 with their levels during the first lockdown (N = 11,481), and (iii) their engagement levels during the third lockdown in January/February 2021 with their levels during the first lockdown (N = 13,270). During first lockdown, 1 in 4 increased their arts engagement and 1 in 6 decreased it. Of those who increased, 2 in 5 maintained or further increased their engagement in subsequent lockdowns, but just 7% of those who had decreased their engagement increased it. Younger adults (aged 18-29) showed initial increases in first lockdown, whilst people who were not employed and those with a physical health condition showed decreases and people with a mental health condition showed changes during the first lockdown (both increases and decreases). Females and people with higher education showed continuous changes across the three lockdowns, with women being more likely to increase their engagement and those with higher education being less likely to decrease. People of ethnic minorities and those with higher income declined their engagement in the third lockdown. This study provides insight into levels of arts engagement across the three national lockdowns in the UK and suggests that the pandemic may have affected long-term cultural behaviours for some groups.
2020 年 3 月至 2021 年 3 月期间，英国（UK）因 COVID-19 大流行经历了三次封锁。鉴于艺术参与和幸福感之间明显存在关联，本研究旨在比较这些封锁期间居家艺术参与的预测因素和模式。本研究分析的数据来自伦敦大学学院运营的英国 COVID-19 社会研究。使用多项逻辑回归来确定艺术参与的预测因素，并比较（i）2020 年 4 月/5 月第一次封锁期间受访者的参与水平与其大流行前时期的水平（N=23086），（ii）2020 年 11 月/12 月第二次封锁期间他们的参与水平与第一次封锁期间的水平（N=11481），以及（iii）2021 年 1 月/2 月第三次封锁期间他们的参与水平与第一次封锁期间的水平（N=13270）。在第一次封锁期间，1/4 的人增加了他们的艺术参与度，1/6 的人减少了。在那些增加的人中，2/5 的人在随后的封锁中保持或进一步增加了他们的参与度，但只有 7%的那些减少了参与度的人增加了。年轻人（18-29 岁）在第一次封锁中表现出最初的增加，而未就业的人、有身体疾病的人和有心理健康状况的人则在第一次封锁中出现减少，有心理健康状况的人则出现变化（既有增加也有减少）。女性和受过高等教育的人在三次封锁中都有持续的变化，女性更有可能增加参与度，而受过高等教育的人则不太可能减少参与度。少数民族和高收入人群在第三次封锁中减少了他们的参与度。本研究提供了英国三次全国封锁期间艺术参与水平的见解，并表明大流行可能对一些群体的长期文化行为产生了影响。
