Advances in Social Behavior Research

Advances in Social Behavior Research

Vol. 2, 01 March 2023

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The Impact of Dance on Health —From the Perspective of Developmental Psychology

Yidan Chen * 1
1 The University of Edinburgh, Holyrood Rd, Edinburgh, EH8 8AQ

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Advances in Humanities Research, Vol. 2, 150-155
Published 01 March 2023. © 2023 The Author(s). Published by EWA Publishing
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Citation Yidan Chen. The Impact of Dance on Health —From the Perspective of Developmental Psychology. LNEP (2023) Vol. 2: 150-155. DOI: 10.54254/2753-7048/2/2022371.

Abstract

Dance, as a non-drug intervention means, has a positive effect on health. From the perspective of developmental psychology, the definition of health has different tendencies at different age. For example, in teenagers, emotional health is worthy of attention. Besides emotional health, cognitive health is also a major concern for the older adults. By introducing dance therapy, this paper sorts out and summarize the influence of dance therapy on teenagers' emotion, as well as the influence on emotion and cognition of the older adults. This study supports the positive influence and role of dance therapy in alleviating negative emotions in the two groups and improving cognitive function in the older adults group, which is of great significance for improving people's happiness index in the future.

Keywords

older adults, adolescent, emotion, dance therapy, cognition

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Educational Innovation and Philosophical Inquiries (ICEIPI 2022), Part I
ISBN (Print)
978-1-915371-07-2
ISBN (Online)
978-1-915371-08-9
Published Date
01 March 2023
Series
Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media
ISSN (Print)
2753-7048
ISSN (Online)
2753-7056
DOI
10.54254/2753-7048/2/2022371
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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