Dance therapy and self-concept change in psychiatric patients

Abstract

This study investigated the effects of various forms of therapy (individual, occupational, and dance) on selfconcept.Subjects were 29 psychiatric patients at Providence Medical Center who volunteered to participate in this study. The Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (TSCS) was used to measure self-concept both at time of admission and prior to discharge. The data were analyzed in a step-wise multiple regression to determine which of the various forms of therapy are the best predictors of self-concept at second TSCS application.The results of the step-wise multiple regression did not support the hypothesis that exposure to dance therapy would be a significant predictor of selfconcept prior to discharge.