Effect of Latin Dance on Middle School Girls' Social Physique Anxiety and Physical Self-esteem

Effect of Latin Dance on Social Physique Anxiety and Physical Self-esteem of Middle School Girls

Latin dance is a kind of sports dance, which originated in Latin America, includes the rumba, samba, Cha Cha Cha, bullfighting dances and cowboy dances. Latin dance has bright and strong music rhythm, passion, bold, romantic style, Latin dance has a positive effect on physical and mental health. Latin dance offers a unique dimension that traditional aerobic exercise does not, namely interpersonal communication and interactivity. Dancing may provide additional cognitive benefits compared to other forms of PA, such as walking. Latin dance also provides a unique dimension that traditional aerobic exercise does not, that is, it is a complex sensory-motor rhythmic activity that integrates a variety of physical, cognitive and social factors. Based on the unique charm of Latin dance and previous articles on the influence of dance on social physique anxiety and physical self-esteem, there are few articles on Latin dance, and none of them have studied the influence of Latin dance on these two variables. This study analyzes the Latin dance on the social physique anxiety and physical self-esteem of middle school girls and provides theoretical support for the study to improve the social physique anxiety and physical self-esteem of middle school students, as well as to promote Latin dance. To promote the diversification of Chinese middle school sports in dance teaching.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Mental Health Issue; Physical Illness
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Latin dance: Rumba; Behavioral: Latin dance: Cha Cha Cha

Detailed Description

In the study, the experimental group conducted the 12-week Latin dance training content intervention designed in this study. In contrast, the control group discussed with the teacher and studied the 12-week basketball training content intended. Students participated in a dance exercise program consisting of 40min twice a week (Totally 80 minutes). Control and experimental groups answered SPAS and PSPP questionnaires in the first week. After a 12-week dance training program, both groups were asked to answer SPAS and PSPP questionnaires. Rumba dance training was shown for the first six weeks; Cha Cha Cha dance training for the last six weeks.

Content of Experimental Group:

Week 1: Introduces the classification of Latin dance, starting from the cha-cha dance, telling its origin, music rhythm and dance style characteristics; Week 2: Practice basic standing posture, cha-cha basic frame and hand exercises; Week 3: Reviewed the basic frame and hand shape, introduced the basic step, cha-cha forward and backward step, time step, square step; Week 4: Learn the New York step and the combination of the basic steps of the cha-cha; Week 5: Learn the cha-cha step and the cha-cha turn; Week 6: Learn the basic set combinations of cha-cha; Week 7: Review all the learning material and introduce rumba; Week 8: Learning the basic hand and foot shapes of rumba dance; Week 9: Learning "8" twist hips; Rumba in place change of weight and time step; Week 10: Review the place change of weight and time step, learn rumba forward and backward step, square step; Week 11: Review forward and backward steps, learn rumba New York step and hand step; Week 12: Learning rumba basic set combinations.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 58
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Xutao Liu, PhD; Phone Number: +8617679221125; Email: 17679221125@163.com
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Kim Geok Soh, Professor; Phone Number: 03-97698153; Email: kims@upm.edu.my

Study Locations

• China
  • Shanghai
    • Shanghai, Shanghai, China, 201700
      • Recruiting
      • Shanghai United International School
      • Contact: Xutao Liu, PhD; Phone Number: +8617679221125; Email: 17679221125@163.com
      • Contact: Fengmeng Qi, PhD; Phone Number: +8617603915127; Email: 583135958@qq.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 11 years to 13 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• The population must be middle school girls and between the ages of 13 and 15;
• Contestants must be in good health, but must not have a Latin dance background;
• Only students who can complete these training requirements can be included in the research data.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Boys in middle school should be excluded from this study;
• Some girls' students with professional dance foundation should be excluded;
• Participants were not healthy middle school students such as patients, mental patient, drug addiction, or special students who were seriously depressed, sub-health;
• Students who are consistently late or absent from training sessions will eventually be excluded.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Basic Science
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Sequential Assignment
• Masking: Triple

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Latin Dance-Rumba; Rumba dance training was shown for the 1-6 weeks.	Behavioral: Latin dance: Rumba; Latin dance is a kind of sports dance, which originated in Latin America, includes the rumba, samba, Cha Cha Cha, bullfighting dances and cowboy dances. The intensity of the training is increasing in the first 20 minutes, and the intensity is gradually decreasing in the next 5 minutes.; Behavioral: Latin dance: Cha Cha Cha; Latin dance is a kind of sports dance, which originated in Latin America, includes the rumba, samba, Cha Cha Cha, bullfighting dances and cowboy dances. The intensity of the training is increasing in the first 20 minutes, and the intensity is gradually decreasing in the next 5 minutes.
Experimental: Latin Dance-Cha Cha Cha; Cha Cha Cha dance training for the 7-12 weeks.	Behavioral: Latin dance: Rumba; Latin dance is a kind of sports dance, which originated in Latin America, includes the rumba, samba, Cha Cha Cha, bullfighting dances and cowboy dances. The intensity of the training is increasing in the first 20 minutes, and the intensity is gradually decreasing in the next 5 minutes.; Behavioral: Latin dance: Cha Cha Cha; Latin dance is a kind of sports dance, which originated in Latin America, includes the rumba, samba, Cha Cha Cha, bullfighting dances and cowboy dances. The intensity of the training is increasing in the first 20 minutes, and the intensity is gradually decreasing in the next 5 minutes.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Social physique anxiety performance of middle school girls	Test by Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS). The Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS) was employed to measure Social physique anxiety. The respondents are asked to rate 12 statements on a 5-point Likert type scale. The anchors are 'not at all' (1), 'slightly' (2), 'moderately' (3), 'very' (4), and 'extremely' (5). Examples of items are: 'I am comfortable with the appearance of my physique' and 'Unattractive features of my physique/figure make me nervous in certain social settings'. Previous research with SPAS has demonstrated test-retest reliability and internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha values of around 0.90.	Pretest: Before experiment
Physical self-esteem performance of middle school girls	Test by Physical Self-perception Profile (PSPP). The Physical Self-perception Profile (PSPP) is a 30-item self-report questionnaire consisting of five sub-domains, each of which has six items. The sub-domains are: Perceived (1) Sport Competence (Sport), (2) Physical Conditioning (Condition), (3) Bodily Attractiveness (Body), (4) Physical Strength (Strength), and (5) Physical Self-Worth (PSW). Two alternative statements or descriptions of people are presented, from which the individuals can choose the one which best describes themselves, ranging from 'sort of true' to 'really true'. Each item is then scored from 1 to 4.	Pretest: Before experiment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Social physique anxiety performance of middle school girls	Test by Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS). The Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS) was employed to measure Social physique anxiety. The respondents are asked to rate 12 statements on a 5-point Likert type scale. The anchors are 'not at all' (1), 'slightly' (2), 'moderately' (3), 'very' (4), and 'extremely' (5). Examples of items are: 'I am comfortable with the appearance of my physique' and 'Unattractive features of my physique/figure make me nervous in certain social settings'. Previous research with SPAS has demonstrated test-retest reliability and internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha values of around 0.90.	Mid-test: 6 weeks end
Physical self-esteem performance of middle school girls	Test by Physical Self-perception Profile (PSPP). The Physical Self-perception Profile (PSPP) is a 30-item self-report questionnaire consisting of five sub-domains, each of which has six items. The sub-domains are: Perceived (1) Sport Competence (Sport), (2) Physical Conditioning (Condition), (3) Bodily Attractiveness (Body), (4) Physical Strength (Strength), and (5) Physical Self-Worth (PSW). Two alternative statements or descriptions of people are presented, from which the individuals can choose the one which best describes themselves, ranging from 'sort of true' to 'really true'. Each item is then scored from 1 to 4.	Mid-test: 6 weeks end

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Social physique anxiety performance of middle school girls	Test by Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS). The Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS) was employed to measure Social physique anxiety. The respondents are asked to rate 12 statements on a 5-point Likert type scale. The anchors are 'not at all' (1), 'slightly' (2), 'moderately' (3), 'very' (4), and 'extremely' (5). Examples of items are: 'I am comfortable with the appearance of my physique' and 'Unattractive features of my physique/figure make me nervous in certain social settings'. Previous research with SPAS has demonstrated test-retest reliability and internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha values of around 0.90.	Post-test: 12 weeks end
Physical self-esteem performance of middle school girls	Test by Physical Self-perception Profile (PSPP). The Physical Self-perception Profile (PSPP) is a 30-item self-report questionnaire consisting of five sub-domains, each of which has six items. The sub-domains are: Perceived (1) Sport Competence (Sport), (2) Physical Conditioning (Condition), (3) Bodily Attractiveness (Body), (4) Physical Strength (Strength), and (5) Physical Self-Worth (PSW). Two alternative statements or descriptions of people are presented, from which the individuals can choose the one which best describes themselves, ranging from 'sort of true' to 'really true'. Each item is then scored from 1 to 4.	Post-test: 12 weeks end

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Universiti Putra Malaysia
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Xutao Liu, PhD, University Putra Malaysia

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Aguinaga S, Marquez DX. Impact of Latin Dance on Physical Activity, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Sedentary Behavior Among Latinos Attending an Adult Day Center. J Aging Health. 2019 Mar;31(3):397-414. doi: 10.1177/0898264317733206. Epub 2017 Sep 27.
• Kandola A, Ashdown-Franks G, Hendrikse J, Sabiston CM, Stubbs B. Physical activity and depression: Towards understanding the antidepressant mechanisms of physical activity. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2019 Dec;107:525-539. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.09.040. Epub 2019 Oct 2.
• Hagger MS, Stevenson A. Social physique anxiety and physical self-esteem: gender and age effects. Psychol Health. 2010 Jan;25(1):89-110. doi: 10.1080/08870440903160990.

Helpful Links

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Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): August 15, 2022
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): December 25, 2022
• Study Completion (Anticipated): January 20, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 30, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 31, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): September 2, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 2, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 31, 2022
• Last Verified: August 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Latin dance; Social physique anxiety; Physical self-esteem
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Anxiety Disorders
• Other Study ID Numbers: Liu Xutao

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No
• IPD Plan Description: Since this is my doctoral thesis experiment, I won't share it until I graduate.

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No