The Enhancement of Self-Image among Adolescents through Sports dance
Keywords:
Sports dance, College student, Self -imageAbstract
This study aims 1) to compare self ? image of experimental group before and after participating Sports dance 2.) to compare self ? image between experimental group and control group. The sample subjects were 20 second -year undergraduate students of the Dance Department of the Art School.? All students had lower 25 percentiles than Self -Image mean are assigned as experimental group and control group. Research Instruments were 1) Body self -image questionnaire (David A Rowe, 2005) and 2) sports dance program. The statistics were Mean, Standard Deviation, and t -test for dependent sample and t -test for independent sample. The results showed that 1) After participating sports dance program, self -image score of experimental group is not higher than before participating program significantly 2) after participating sports dance program, experimental group of had higher self -image overall score than those in the control group significantly at level .05.
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