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ERIC Number: EJ1400167
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1529-0824
EISSN: EISSN-2158-074X
Overcoming Stage Anxiety with a Solution-Focused Approach
Stackpole, América I.; Quiroga-Garza, Angélica
Journal of Dance Education, v23 n3 p200-212 2023
We conducted an intervention based on Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) with dance students to improve their performance and reduce their anxiety levels. Sixteen students from a dance conservatory participated in a quasi-experimental mixed research, test-posttest design without control group, consisting of five SFBT sessions. Their teachers evaluated their performance. The results showed the intervention was effective in reducing levels of performance anxiety (O[subscript 1] = 126; O[subscript 2] = 105.68), thought credibility and anxious thoughts (O[subscript 1] = 64.43; O[subscript 2] = 51.81), and self-perceived anxiety (O[subscript 1] = 6.21; O[subscript 2] = 4.58). The teachers reported an improvement in student performance (p < 0.05). Qualitative results demonstrate that participants could identify problems and take distance, transform negative thoughts into positive ones, and understand and expand their resources to face anxiety-related situations. These findings suggest that SFBT can be a valuable tool for dance teachers looking to enhance the performance of their students, reduce their anxiety levels to overcome stage fears, and improve their overall performance.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Mexico
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