The purpose of the study was to analyze the contents of psychological measurement used in psychological studies of dances over 28 years(1976-2004) in Korea and to provide measurement issues and future directions for research of dance psychology. The c...
The purpose of the study was to analyze the contents of psychological measurement used in psychological studies of dances over 28 years(1976-2004) in Korea and to provide measurement issues and future directions for research of dance psychology. The contents of psychological measurement were analyzed, focusing on frequency of measurement, measurement area, measurement item and factor information, and reliability and validity information The results of content analysis of psychological measurement were summarized into five categories: (l)increased use of psychological measurement, (2)use of adapted measurement developed by foreign sport psychologists, (3)necessities of varied measurement subjects, (4)omission of measurement information, and (5)nonuse of reliability and validity test. Thus dance psychologists should develope new, translated, and modified dance-specific psychological measurements with sound academic effort and attitude for the growth of dance psychology.