Active factors in dance/movement therapy

• Verfasst von: Dahlheimer, Solveig [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Koch, Sabine C. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Active factors in dance/movement therapy
• Titelzusatz: specifying health effects of non-goal-orientation in movement
• Verf.angabe: Solveig Wiedenhofer, Prof. Dr. Sabine C. Koch
• E-Jahr: 2016
• Jahr: 19 October 2016
• Umfang: 14 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 20.11.2018
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: The arts in psychotherapy
• Ort Quelle: Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier Science, 1980
• Jahr Quelle: 2017
• Band/Heft Quelle: 52(2017), Seite 10-23
• ISSN Quelle: 1873-5878
• DOI: doi:10.1016/j.aip.2016.09.004
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Body self-efficacy
• Sach-SW: Dance and health
• Sach-SW: Dance movement therapy
• Sach-SW: General self-efficacy
• Sach-SW: Goal-directed movement
• Sach-SW: Improvisation
• Sach-SW: Perceived stress
• Sach-SW: Well-being
• K10plus-PPN: 1583870180

Abstract

This study addresses the impact of non-goal-directed improvisational dance versus goal-directed improvisational dance in reducing perceived stress and improving well-being, general self-efficacy, and body self-efficacy. Fifty-seven students participated either in the experimental condition (N=30) or in the control condition (N=27). Participants in the experimental group (EG) performed non-goal-directed improvisational dance movements, while participants in the control group (CG) improvised to the same music in a goal-directed way with the help of colored paper sheets serving as targets. In support of the hypothesis, perceived stress decreased (p<0.05) and body self-efficacy increased (p<0.05) in the EG vs. the CG. At post-test, all outcomes improved within the EG (perceived stress and well-being: p<0.001; body self-efficacy: p<0.01; self-efficacy: p=0.001); and within the CG perceived stress decreased (p<0.01), and well-being (p<0.001), and self-efficacy (p<0.05) increased. Results suggest that non-goal-directed vs goal-directed improvisational dance is effective in improving body self-efficacy, and is superior in reducing perceived stress. Moreover, improvisational dance generally seems to have beneficial effects on health-related psychological outcomes. Future studies should investigate implications for clinical settings, identify other active factors of dance therapy, and anchor them theoretically.