Effect of Dance Movement Activities on Mood State of University Students
Keywords:
Dance movement activities, Mental health, Elementary school studentAbstract
The goals of this study were 1) to compare the mood states of university students before and after participating in dance movement activities, and 2) to compare mood states of a control group and an experimental group after participating in the dance movement activities. The sample group was the university students of Chongqing Vocational University of Mechanical and Electrical Technology. The experimental group, consisting of 30 students, participated in a dance program, while the control class, also comprising 30 students, did not engage in dance courses. The experimental group used dance movement activities, while the control group followed traditional teaching methods. Data was collected using the POMS scale which is commonly used in China. It was analyzed using SPSS descriptive analysis and t-test.
The results of this study are as follows: 1) After the end of the experiment, the positive mood score of the students in the dance movement activities was higher than before the experiment, the negative mood score was lower than before the experiment, and the difference was statistically significant (P <0.05). 2) The positive mood score of the experimental group receiving dance movement activity was higher than that of the control group, and the negative mood score was lower than that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P <0.05).
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