Effects of Dance on Anxiety

Leste, André; Rust, John

doi:10.2466/pms.1984.58.3.767

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“…30,31 Dance movement therapy on stress in patients with cancer 43 and tango on people with selfreported depression, 27 showed a small between-group effect size. Bräuninger 32 demonstrated a small between-group effect size of dance movement therapy on anxiety in people with stress.…”

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“…14,[20][21][22][23] Besides being a physical activity, dance also incorporates emotional, cognitive, and cultural aspects involving social interaction, sensory stimulation, motor coordination, and music. Some studies [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] use ''dance therapy'' (or ''dance intervention'') to refer to rhythmic and patterned body movements that are performed to music, while other authors define dance movement therapy as a process that improves one's emotional, social, cognitive, and physical integration. 20,32 Nevertheless, given their similarity, Koch et al 33 analyze both forms of treatment within the same review.…”

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“…As a result, some findings promote dance as an innovative and successful treatment for stress and depression that may help maximize the effects of usual treatments. 20,[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] According to Toro,34 Biodanza is a ''human integration system of organic renewal, affective re-education, and of relearning of Life's original functions'' (p. 39). In contrast to dance and dance movement therapy, Biodanza involves leading ''vivencias'' through music, singing, movements, and group interactions.…”

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Effects of Biodanza on Stress, Depression, and Sleep Quality in University Students

López-Rodríguez

Baldrich-Rodríguez²,

Ruiz-Muelle

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The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

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Background: The existing literature shows dance to be an innovative and successful form of stress management. Previous research indicates that Biodanza is able to increase well-being and personal resources and prevent stress. However, Biodanza has not yet been empirically tested as a possible therapy for application outside the clinical context in young adults with perceived stress.Objectives: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of Biodanza in reducing symptoms of perceived stress and depression and in promoting sleep quality in young adults, comparing the changes with those observed in a control group.Design: Randomized controlled trial. Settings/Location: This study was carried out at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Almería. Subjects: One hundred and twenty-one university students with perceived stress were randomly placed into either a Biodanza group or a wait-list control group.Intervention: Study participants attended Biodanza sessions for 90 min a week, over a period of 4 weeks. Outcome measures: Depression, perceived stress, and sleep quality were assessed both before and after intervention.Results: Ninety-five participants completed the program and were included in the statistical analysis. Significant differences in perceived stress [t (93) = 2.136; p = 0.015] and depression [t (93) = 2.738; p = 0.000] were observed after the Biodanza period. Pre/post analysis found that Biodanza also had a significant effect on depression (Cohen d = 1.88; p < 0.05) and perceived stress (Cohen d = 0.79; p < 0.05).Conclusion: The Biodanza program is an effective stress management strategy for students. The results of this study showed Biodanza to have a positive effect on perceived stress and depression in young adults. This demonstrates how artistic, collaborative, and psychophysical interventions are an effective means of preventing and managing these problems in university students.

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Effects of Biodanza on Stress, Depression, and Sleep Quality in University Students

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“…It was used in the treatment of anxiety disorders (Leste & Rust, 1990), Parkinson's disease (Westbrook & McKibben, 1989), addictions (Murray-Lane, 1995;Rose, 1995), multiple personality disorder (Baum, 1995), and learning difficulties (MacDonald, 1992). Cohen and Walco (1999) reported that even in cancer cases dance therapy may have beneficial effects on the cognitive, emotional, and social activities.…”

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The Psychomotor Theory of Human Mind

Tan

2007

International Journal of Neuroscience

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This study presents a new theory to explain the neural origins of human mind. This is the psychomotor theory. The author briefly analyzed the historical development of the mind-brain theories. The close relations between psychological and motor systems were subjected to a rather detailed analysis, using psychiatric and neurological examples. The feedback circuits between mind, brain, and body were shown to occur within the mind-brain-body triad, in normal states, and psycho-neural diseases. It was stated that psychiatric signs and symptoms are coupled with motor disturbances; neurological diseases are coupled with psychological disturbances; changes in cortico-spinal motor-system activity may influence mind-brain-body triad, and vice versa. Accordingly, a psychomotor theory was created to explain the psychomotor coupling in health and disease, stating that, not the mind-brain duality or unity, but the mind-brain-body triad as a functional unit may be essential in health and disease, because mind does not end in the brain, but further controls movements, in a reciprocal manner; mental and motor events share the same neural substrate, cortical, and spinal motoneurons; mental events emerging from the motoneuronal system expressed by the human language may be closely coupled with the unity of the mind-brain-body triad. So, the psychomotor theory rejects the mind-brain duality and instead advances the unity of the psychomotor system, which will have important consequences in understanding and improving the human mind, brain, and body in health and disease.

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“…It was used in the treatment of anxiety disorders (Leste & Rust, 1990), Parkinson`s disease (Westbrook & McKibben, 1989), addictions (Murray-Lane, 1995Rose, 1995), multiple personality disorder (Baum, 1995), and learning difficulties (MacDonald, 1992). Cohen and Walco (1999) reported that even in cancer cases the dance movement/therapy may have beneficial effects on the cognitive, emotional, and social activities.…”

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Psychomotor Theory: Mind-Brain-Body Triad in Health and Disease

Tan¹

2007

Neuroquantology

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In this study I have outlined the grounds of a new theory, to explain the mind-brain-body triad in health and disease. This is the psychomotor theory. First, I have briefly analyzed the historical development of the relationship between mind and brain, which is being discussed since more than a few thousand years. The tight junctions between psychological and motor systems were subjected to a detailed analysis using examples in health and disease. The feedback circuits between mind, brain, and body were shown to occur within the mind-brain-body triad, in normal states, and psycho-neural diseases. It was stated that psychiatric signs and symptoms are coupled with motor disturbances; neurological diseases are coupled with psychological disturbances; changes in cortical and spinal motor-system activity may influence mind-brain-body triad, and vice versa. Accordingly, a psychomotor theory was created to explain the psychomotor coupling in health and disease, stating that, not the mind-brain duality or unity, but the mind-brain-body triad as a functional unit is essential in health and disease, since mind does not end in the brain, but further controls movements, in a reciprocal manner; mental and motor events share the same neural substrate, cortical and spinal motor neurons; mental events emerging from the motoneuronal system is strongly coupled with the unity of the mind-brain-body triad. So, the psychomotor theory rejects the mind-brain duality, instead, advances the unity of the psychomotor system, which will have important consequences in understanding and improving the human mind, brain, and body in health and disease.

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Effects of Dance on Anxiety

Cited by 28 publications

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Effects of Biodanza on Stress, Depression, and Sleep Quality in University Students

Effects of Biodanza on Stress, Depression, and Sleep Quality in University Students

The Psychomotor Theory of Human Mind

Psychomotor Theory: Mind-Brain-Body Triad in Health and Disease

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