Effects of clown visits on stress and mood in children and adolescents in psychiatric care—Protocol for a pilot study

• Martina Zemp ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: martina.zemp@univie.ac.at

  Affiliations Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Research Platform “The Stress of Life – Processes and Mechanisms underlying Everyday Life Stress”, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0065-5966

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• Amos-Silvio Friedrich ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amos-Silvio Friedrich, Lorena Holzmeier

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1970-4668

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• Lorena Holzmeier ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amos-Silvio Friedrich, Lorena Holzmeier

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Simone Seebacher,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Research and Learning, RED NOSES Clowndoctors, Vienna, Austria

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• Maggie Rössler,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Research and Learning, RED NOSES International, Vienna, Austria

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• Urs M. Nater

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Research Platform “The Stress of Life – Processes and Mechanisms underlying Everyday Life Stress”, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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