The Effect of Dance Movement Program on Psychological Health in Middle Age Women

Lee, Kyu Eun; Choi, Euy-Soon

doi:1999.5.1.43

J Korean Acad Women Health Nurs > Volume 5(1); 1999 > Article

Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of Women's Health Nursing 1999;5(1):43-53.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.1999.5.1.43

The Effect of Dance Movement Program on Psychological Health in Middle Age Women

¹Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Kwandong University, Gangneung, Korea
²College of Nursing, Catholic University, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

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 chi2-test, paired and unpaired t-tests. The results are as follows : 1) The hypothesis that depresson score of experimental group will decreased than control group was supported by t-test(t=2.20, P=.0021) 2) The hypothesis that life satisfaction score of experimental group will increased than control group was supported by t-test(t=1.42, P=.0049). 3) The hypothesis that self-efficacy score of experimental group will increased than control group was not supported by t-test(t=6.20, P=.0616). 4) The hypothesis that level of plasma serotonin will increased than control group was not supported by t-test(t=1.88, P=.0524) Thus, the effects of the Dance Movement Program for the improvement of psychological health gram for the improvement of psychological health for the middle-aged women with depression tendency are scientifically confirmed by this study.

Key Words: Dance movement program; Psychological wellbeing; Middle aged women; Wellbeing with depression tendency