ダンス嫌いの要因の分析 : 自己概念との関連から

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the causes that produce Dance-haters in terms of self-concept (Body-Image and Movement-Concept) and personality among 265 girls (aged 12-15 years) in Junior High School. They were classified into three groups according to the responses to the question "Do you like dance ? ". Those groups were who said they liked dance and disliked, and "don't know" respectively. The following five measures were obtained for each of subjects : (a) modified Doudlah Body-Image Statements (66 items), estimated in a 5-choice scale, (b) modified Doudlah Movement-Concept Statements (66 items) estimated in a 5-choice scale, (c) Yatabe-Guilford Personality Test (S, I, N scales), (d) the extent to satisfy with their own body-proportion estimated in a 5-choice scale, (e) the images toward dance (10-pairs adjectives) estimated in a 7-choice scale. A factor analysis was computed on Body-Image and Movement-Concept, and 5 factors (labelled Face and figure and sense of dress, Fatness, Estimation of a face and figure, Body-proportion, and Physical nature in turn) and 3 factors (labelled Motor ability, Estimation of physical activity, and Skillfulness and dance in turn) were prominent respectively. Then three groups' scores on all five measures were compared. Significant differences were noted between Dance-likers and Dance-haters for Body-Image, Movement-Concept, Yatabe-Guilford Personality Test, and the images toward dance. The main results were as follows : (1) Dance-haters had an lower interest in their own face and figure and the sense of dress, and had less self-confidence in their own body-proportion than Dance-likers, (2) Dance-haters showed more socially introverted tendency, (3) Dance-haters had self-confidence in their own motor ability except dance, (4) Dance-haters showed poor feeling toward dance. It can be said that these psychological factors influenced Dance-haters more because dance is a physical activity which demands self-expression. Dance-haters' negative Body-Image is presumed to produce the ill feeling toward "femininity" of dance. In conclusion, it appears that Dance-haters is related to a negative self-concept and a introverted personality.