Active factors in dance/movement therapy: specifying health effects of non-goal-orientation in movement
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...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Article (Journal) |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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19 October 2016
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The arts in psychotherapy
Year: 2017, Jahrgang: 52, Pages: 10-23 |
| ISSN: | 1873-5878 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.aip.2016.09.004 |
| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2016.09.004 Verlag, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197455616300090 
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| Verfasserangaben: | Solveig Wiedenhofer, Prof. Dr. Sabine C. Koch |
| Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
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| Beschreibung: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1873-5878 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.aip.2016.09.004 |