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Title: | Tango Dance Can Reduce Distress and Insomnia in People with Self-Referred Affective Symptoms | Contributor(s): | Pinniger, Rosa (author); Thorsteinsson, Einar B (author) ; Brown, Rhonda (author); McKinley, Patricia (author) | Publication Date: | 2013 | DOI: | 10.1007/s10465-012-9141-y | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13507 | Abstract: | Previous studies indicate that mindfulness interventions and physical activities can produce positive effects on mood disorders; such activities may be options for individuals who search for non-traditional therapies, or whenever mainstream psychological treatments are not effective. We explored the effects of tango dance, meditation, and exercise (circuit training) in individuals with self-reported depression. Participants were randomly placed into meditation, exercise, tango dance, or control-wait-list groups. Sixty-four participants completed the 8-week program and were assessed before, after, and at 1-month follow-up. The dependent variables were depression, anxiety, stress, fatigue, and insomnia (symptoms measures), and self-efficacy, satisfaction with life, and mindfulness (positive psychology measures). Treatment scores were compared with the control group scores. The meditation group showed benefits at follow-up for depression, stress, and satisfaction with life. The exercise group showed decreased depression and increased self-efficacy at post-test, but only self-efficacy was persistent at follow-up, whereas stress was just significant at follow-up. The tango group showed decreased depression and insomnia and increased satisfaction with life and mindfulness at post-test. All, except for satisfaction with life, were persistent at follow-up, while stress and anxiety improved only at follow-up. As expected, the control group maintained similar scores across pre-test and post-test, and at follow-up. Tango dance was shown to induce a broader and more persistent range of benefits. Meditation produced lasting benefits only when well-learned and practiced, whereas exercise generated rapid benefits, but, except for self-efficacy, temporary. Such differences may provide valuable information when promoting these activities to best match the individual needs within this population. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | American Journal of Dance Therapy, 35(1), p. 60-77 | Publisher: | Springer New York LLC | Place of Publication: | United States of America | ISSN: | 1573-3262 0146-3721 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology 170114 Sport and Exercise Psychology |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 520107 Sport and exercise psychology 520303 Counselling psychology |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920199 Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) not elsewhere classified | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 200199 Clinical health not elsewhere classified | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Psychology |
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