The effect of dance psychotherapy activities on stress reduction for undergraduate students

Abstract

The aims of the research are as follows: (1) to study the stress of undergraduate students; (2) to compare the stress of the experimental group before and after dance psychotherapy activities; and (3) to compare the stress of undergraduate students between experimental group and control group. The population is the undergraduate students at Chongqing University of Mechanical and Electrical Technology, China, as the experimental object of this study. In total, 60 students met the population criteria for the study and were chosen as samples. There are 30 students in the control group, and 30 students in the experimental group. The control groups have been invited to join dance psychotherapy activities for eight sessions in two weeks. The research instruments included a stress scale and dance psychotherapy activities. The data were analyzed using descriptive and statistical statistics to compare means between two independent sample groups. The results of the study were as follows: (1) the current pressure on undergraduate student stress was moderate; (2) after attending the activities, the stress level of the experimental group decreased (p < 0.01); and (3) the stress level of undergraduate students between the experimental group and the control group was different (p < 0.01).

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