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Abstract

ABSTRACT

The Relationships between Passion, Emotion, and Mental Health among University Dance Students

Chung, Se-Hee Department of Dance Graduate School Chosun University

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of passion for dance and emotional experiences on university dance students' mental health in a dance class setting. The participants were 457 male and female dance students. Data were analyzed using a series of hierarchical regression analysis. The results of the study shows that students' passion for dance and emotional experiences are beneficial or harmful to the levels of mental health. The major results of this study were as follows:

1. Students' harmonious and obsessive passions are predictors of the levels of health. Especially, harmonious passion for dance reduced the level of social hindrance, whereas obsessive passion for dance increased it. 2. Students' negative emotional experiences increased the level of social hindrance in contrast to positive emotional experiences during dance classes. 3. Harmonious passions for dance reduced university dance students' anxiety and depression states, but obsessive passion for dance facilitated them. 4. University dance students' emotional experiences in the dance classes was a predictor of depressive states. Especially, students' positive emotional experiences relieved anxiety and depressive states, but negative emotional experiences increased the levels of anxiety and depression.

These findings indicated that passion for dance as a personality variable and emotional experiences in the dance settings can either positively or negatively influence on university dance students' levels of mental health. Moreover, the results of the study suggest that students with harmonious passions and positive emotional experiences relatively less experienced social hindrances and anxiety/depression symptoms in comparison to those with obsessive passions and negative emotional experiences.

Key words: passion, emotion, mental health, dance education