노인을 위한 생활무용과 그 효용성 = The Effect of Dance for All for Old Adult

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of dance program which was developed with intent to determine the life satisfactions and psychological attitudes of old adult after performing the program. The dance program consist of four components : walking, folk dance, stretching and meditation. Four hundred eighty five subjects were recruited for this experiment from three different areas(big city=262, small city=194, rural area=29), they were all volunteers.
For this experiment, Yun Jin's(1982) modified satisfaction questionnaire was used to monitor subjects' life satisfaction and psychological attitude changes after performing the dance program. The modified questionnaire containing 20 items was administered just before and after the program. Repeated-measure analysis indicated significant main effects and interactions for the spouse, residence and disease variables.
The results of this study indicated that marriage state is significantly related to stress level. Divorced old women tended to show higher stress levels than living together or separated old women. The findings also revealed that old women who get personal incomes form their husbands, sons and daughters showed a higher stress level than old women who get their own incomes. Based on this study, it is believed that the dance program contributed to reduce the stress level to some extent.