Women's Health Nursing (여성건강간호학회지)
- Volume 5 Issue 1
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- Pages.51-64
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- 1999
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- 3022-7666(pISSN)
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- 3022-8247(eISSN)
The Effect of Dance Movement Program on Psychological Health in Middle Age Women
율동적 동작 프로그램이 우울성향 중년여성의 정서적 건강에 미치는 효과
- Lee, Kyu-Eun (Dept. of Nursing, College of Medicine, Kwang Dong University) ;
- Choi, Euy-Soon (College of Nursing, Catholic University of Korea)
- Published : 1999.03.31
Abstract
Dance movement program. Psychological wellbeing, Middle aged women, Wellbeing with depression tendency, 율동적 동작 프로그램, 우울성향 중년여성 %600an This study was designed to confirm the effects of the Dance Movement Program on psychological health in middle-age women with depression tendency. 67 women with mile to moderate depression scoring between 16-25 were selected among 235 responded to CES-D (Radloff, 1977, Cho and Kim, 1993). The 46 volunteered to participate in the study were assigned the control. 7 attritions occurred during the course of the experiment leaving thirty-nine subject : nineteen experimental and twenty control, for the final analysis. Research subjects revealed to be homogenous demographically and by health-related variables. The 50-minute Dance Movement Program was performed by the experimental group 3 times a week for eight weeks, from October 6 to November 29, 1997. Depression, life satisfaction, self efficacy were measured before and after the course of Dance Movement Program. Plasma serotonin was measured to identify its relationship with depression, Homogeneity tests revealed satisfactory level on relevant research variables. Data were analyzed by
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