Climate change in the dance studio: Findings from the UK Centres for Advanced Training
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 longitud...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-422872017-09-13T16:05:06Z Climate change in the dance studio: Findings from the UK Centres for Advanced Training Nordin-Bates, S. Quested, Eleanor Walker, I. Redding, E. 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. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42287 10.1037/a0025316 restricted |
| spellingShingle | Nordin-Bates, S. Quested, Eleanor Walker, I. Redding, E. Climate change in the dance studio: Findings from the UK Centres for Advanced Training |
| title | Climate change in the dance studio: Findings from the UK Centres for Advanced Training |
| title_full | Climate change in the dance studio: Findings from the UK Centres for Advanced Training |
| title_fullStr | Climate change in the dance studio: Findings from the UK Centres for Advanced Training |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate change in the dance studio: Findings from the UK Centres for Advanced Training |
| title_short | Climate change in the dance studio: Findings from the UK Centres for Advanced Training |
| title_sort | climate change in the dance studio: findings from the uk centres for advanced training |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42287 |