Intergenerational Synchrony and Its Effect on Bonding and Group Closeness among Young and Older Adults
Assaf Suberry,
Ehud Bodner
Abstract:To examine the effect of synchronous dance movements on social bonding and perceived closeness between generations, 168 young (20–45 years) and older (65–90 years) participants were randomly assigned to six dyad conditions. These included dancing synchronously or asynchronously with an in-age-group or out-age-group unfamiliar partner for 11 min. The participants then completed social bonding and group closeness questionnaires. To assess variation across individuals’ and dyads’ measurements, a generalized estim… Show more
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