The main purpose of this study was to assess the effects of dance class on anxiety whiling controlling for physical exercise and music. Using the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, state anxiety was assessed before and after a 3-month educatio...
The main purpose of this study was to assess the effects of dance class on anxiety whiling controlling for physical exercise and music. Using the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, state anxiety was assessed before and after a 3-month education programme.
The experimental group followed a class in ballet. Control group were a physical education group to control for the effects of exercise, a music group to control for aesthetic sensitivity training, and a mathematics group. Several variables, such as age, sex, attitude towards dance, and previous experience in sport, dance, and relaxation, were measured. The result of the study are follow as;
1) Dance training significantly reduced anxiety, but no control activities did so.
2) Examination of the variables showed that the result could not be accounted for by any obvious artifacts.