Volume : III, Issue : IX, September - 2014

Protecting The Body Against The Harmful Effects of Stress through Dance

Ganciu Mihaela, Mihaiucostinel

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The Dance Therapy offers a holistic approach to healing, that addresses both body , the mental and emotional state of the person.  Knowledge of the individual solutions and strategies for the prevention and removal of negative implications of stress becomes necessary current. This paper aims to present the role that it plays in the fight against stress.  In prepå the paper the following research methods are used: sociological survey questionnaire based on self– assessment of stress–Cohen and directed call, statistical and mathematical methods, as well as graphic representation method. The experiment was conducted over an academic year in a group of 50 subjects who participated in two lessons per week and an individualized program of self –employment. The talks have shown interest in the development of female students for dance therapy with health benefits. The most important physical effects felt after practicing dance are : increased self–confidence , increase self–control capacity , reduction of anxiety . Dance therapy lowers the score in the final testing of the questionnaire for self– assessment of stress : if in the initial testing 6,4 % of the subjects were “highly stressed”, at the final testing only 1.2 % were still included in this category. The conclusion is that the subjects with high stress scores on initial testing had lower levels of stress at the final testing ,which proves that dance is an effective prophylaxis and treatment of stress.

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Ganciu Mihaela, MihaiuCostinel Protecting the Body Against the Harmful Effects of Stress through Dance International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 3, Issue : 9 September 2014

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