Climate change in the dance studio: findings from the UK centres for advanced training
Abstract
Little is known regarding the stability of motivational climate perceptions, or how changes in climate perceptions affect performers. As a result, dancers' perceptions of the prevailing climate within both regional centers for talented young people and local dance schools were assessed longitudinally and in relation to dance class anxiety and self-esteem. Dancers (M age = 14.41, SD = 2.10; 75.7% female) completed standardized questionnaires approximately 6 months apart (Time 1 n = 327; Time 2 n = 264). Both climates were perceived as more task- than ego-involving, but talent center climates were perceived as more task-involving and less ego-involving than local climates. However, dancers found that talent centers became more ego-involving from the middle to the end of the school year, and this change predicted increases in anxiety. Changes in climate perceptions did not predict changes in self-esteem. Results point to the benefits of climates low in ego-involving features if dancers are to experience less anxiety around performance time.Citation
Nordin-Bates, S.M., Quested, E., Walker, I.J., & Redding, E. (2012) 'Climate Change in the Dance Studio: Findings from the UK Centres for Advanced Training', Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology, 1(1), pp. 3-16.Publisher
American Psychological AssociationDOI
10.1037/a0025316Additional Links
http://doi.apa.org/getdoi.cfm?doi=10.1037/a0025316Type
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
2157-39132157-3905
ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1037/a0025316