sycho|og|ca| Lffects of Cross

St|tch|ng
Sugandh Wafal
1171110
19
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CcLober 2011
nLroducLlon Lo 1oplc
W L ls a well known facL LhaL hobbles provlde a
way for relaxaLlon and venL ouL Lo many
people Many people have many dlfferenL
hobbles LhaL Lhey Lurn Lo when Lhey are
Lensed or ln dlsLress12
W Many hobbles are globally accepLed as sLress
rellevers for example knlLLlng and gardenlng
W ross SLlLchlng ls hobby of hundred Lhousands
around Lhe globe L ls a form of embroldery LhaL
ls done usually on speclal Lype of cloLh called
'Alda' and wlLh colored Lhreads LhaL have unlque
number Lo ldenLlfy Lhelr shade
W 1he close couslns of ross SLlLchlng are 'Asslsl'
and '8lack work'
W 1he alm of Lhls sLudy was Lo flnd ouL Lhe
psychologlcal effecLs of cross sLlLchlng on people
who have Laken lL as a hobby3
A LlLLle More AbouL ross SLlLchlng
8rackeLlng
W My personal experlence wlLh cross sLlLchlng ls
very nlce ross sLlLchlng acLually helps me
relax and en[oy my lelsure Llme L glves me a
sense of self achlevemenL and creaLlvlLy So
obvlously am one of Lhose people who wlll
acLlvely lobby for cross sLlLch as a sLress
rellever
ypoLhesls
ross SLlLchlng help mosL
of Lhe people pracLlclng
lL for over a year ln
relaxlng
Sample
W omprehenslve
W SLraLlfled
W Slmple
W volunLeer 8ased sampllng on nLerneL from
varlous groups abouL cross sLlLchlng on
lace8ook367 and SLlLch1alk Lhe
sLlLchlng communlLy8
Some noLes AbouL Sample
W 1he sample of Lhls research was mosLly
derlved from people who cross sLlLch and use
lnLerneL
W 1he sample ls mlsslng ouL on Lhose who do
noL have Lhe faclllLy of Lhe nLerneL or are
unable Lo use lL
W 1he sample ls mlsslng Lhe even represenLaLlon
of populaLlon from aklsLan as hardly know
anyone sLlll cross sLlLchlng ln aklsLan
nsLrumenL
W An onllne survey was
conducLed uslng Lhe free
survey Lool9
W 1he quesLlonnalre conLalned 9
quesLlons LhaL were all close
ended quesLlons
1he CuesLlonnalre
our Name
2 our age
3 or how |ong you have been cross st|tch|ng?
4 o you have any other hobb|es?
*es *No
S o you turn to any of your craft when |n
stress?
*es *No
now often do you start or turn to a cross
st|tch|ng pro[ect when |n stress?
*Very Cften *Cften *kare|y
*Very kare|y
7 oes sma|| prob|ems |n cross st|tch|ng ||ke
count|ng stress you out or they are [ust part of
the fun?
*1hey Stress me *No that |s what cross st|tch a|| about
W||| you suggest cross st|tch|ng as a stress
re||ever to any other of your fr|ends?
*es Certa|n|y *es but I wont emphas|ze on |t *No
9 o you th|nk that cross st|tch|ng actua||y
he|p you re|ax?
*es *No
aLa Analysls
W 1he people who Look Lhe survey Lhelr ages
were beLween 27 years Lo 64 years
W 1he Lxperlence of ross SLlLchlng of our
parLlclpanLs ranged from 2 years Lo 33 years
W 8966 of Lhe respondenLs have oLher
hobbles aparL from cross sLlLchlng and 1034
only cross sLlLch
W 8276 of Lhe respondenLs Lurn Lo one of Lhe
crafLs (paper crafLs fabrlc crafLs needle polnL)
when sLressed and 1724 of respondenLs do
noL do any crafL when ln sLress
W 3966 respondenLs sLarL cross sLlLchlng
when sLressed very ofLen (9/10 Llmes)
W 4310 respondenLs sLarL cross sLlLchlng when
sLressed ofLen (7/10 Llmes)
W 1379 of respondenLs rarely (4/10 Llmes)
sLarL cross sLlLchlng when sLressed
W 343 of respondenLs very rarely (1/10 Llmes)
sLarL cross sLlLchlng when sLressed
W 690 of respondenLs geL
lrrlLaLed feel sLressed because
of problems ln cross sLlLchlng
W 9310 Lhlnk LhaL lL ls parL of
Lhe fun of Lhe cross sLlLchlng
W 30 of Lhe respondenLs sald LhaL Lhey would
suggesL cross sLlLchlng Lo Lhelr peers as a
sLress rellever
W 3966 sald LhaL Lhey would suggesL cross
sLlLchlng as sLress rellever wlLhouL
emphaslzlng on lL
W 1034 sald LhaL Lhey wlll noL suggesL cross
sLlLchlng as sLress rellever
1he 8esulL
9 of Lhe respondenLs sald LhaL
cross sLlLchlng helps Lhem relax Cn Lhe oLher
hand 9 sald LhaL lL doesn'L help
Lhem relax
oncluslons
lrom Lhe resulL of Lhe survey
conducLed Lo flnd ouL Lhe
psychologlcal effecLs of cross
sLlLchlng we can easlly conclude LhaL
cross sLlLchlng acLs as a sLress
rellever mood enhancer for ma[orlLy
of people who does lL10 And a
very small number of people feel Lhe
oLher way around
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