Expanding the social cure: a mixed-methods approach exploring the role of online group dance as support for young people (aged 16-24) living with anxiety

被引:9
作者
Finn, Saoirse [1 ]
Wright, Laura H. V. [2 ]
Mak, Hei Wan [1 ]
Astrom, Emili [3 ]
Nicholls, Lucy [1 ]
Dingle, Genevieve A. [4 ]
Warran, Katey [1 ]
机构
[1] UCL, Inst Epidemiol & Hlth Care, WHO Collaborating Ctr Arts & Hlth, Dept Behav Sci & Hlth,Social Biobehav Res Grp, London, England
[2] Univ Edinburgh, Inst Community Educ & Soc, Moray House Sch Educ & Sport, Childhood & Youth Studies Res Grp, Edinburgh, Scotland
[3] Scotlands Natl Ctr Dance, Dance Base, Edinburgh, Scotland
[4] Univ Queensland, Sch Psychol, Mus Dance & Hlth Res Grp, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
来源
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY | 2023年 / 14卷
基金
英国科研创新办公室;
关键词
social cure; online; group dance; mental health; young people; loneliness; mixed-methods; MENTAL-HEALTH; DEPRESSION; LONELINESS; COVID-19; CHILDREN; ADULTS; LOCKDOWN; SCALE;
D O I
10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1258967
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
There is an increased interest in whether online arts interventions support mental health and social connections. This study explored eight weeks of online group dance as support for young people (aged 16-24) living with anxiety. The applicability of the 'social cure' theoretical framework to the novel context of an online dance class was sought. The study utilised an embedded QUAL+quan design, incorporating participatory focus group discussions (n = 3 groups; n = 11 participants) and one-on-one interviews (n = 2 participants), creative reflections (n = 16 participants) and ethnographic fieldnotes, and a repeated measures design with surveys at three timepoints (week 1, n = 27; week 4, n = 18; week 8, n = 14). Thematic analysis identified two overarching themes demonstrating how the dance classes (i) provided the opportunity to co-construct a meaningful shared identity and (ii) supported holistic wellbeing. The quantitative findings supported this, suggesting lower anxiety, depression, and loneliness and higher wellbeing, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and group closeness. This study expands the social cure to its application to an online dance context for the first time.
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