Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240, USA.
Body Image. 2010 Sep;7(4):360-3. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2010.06.005. Epub 2010 Jul 21.
Dance has been found to both enhance and undermine body image. Most of the literature has focused on ballet dancers and has neglected the role of identity as a dancer. This study assessed general and dance specific body image and dancer identity in 77 female modern dancers. Compared to samples of non-clinical college women, this sample had higher body appreciation and lower drive for thinness and self-objectification. White dancers in the sample also had positive levels of dancer body efficacy/acceptance whereas as non-White dancers had negative levels of this variable. Identity as a dancer was negatively correlated with body appreciation and dancer body perceptions and not related to the number of years of dance experience. Of general and dance specific body image, body appreciation emerged as the unique predictor. The findings warrant further research on positive body image, modern dancers, and identity.
舞蹈既可以增强也可以破坏身体形象。大多数文献都集中在芭蕾舞演员身上，而忽略了作为舞者的身份的作用。本研究评估了 77 名女性现代舞者的一般和舞蹈特定的身体形象和舞者身份。与非临床大学生样本相比，该样本对身体的欣赏度更高，对瘦的渴望和自我客体化程度更低。样本中的白人舞者也具有积极的舞者身体效能/接受度，而非白人舞者则具有该变量的消极水平。作为舞者的身份与对身体的欣赏和舞者的身体认知呈负相关，与舞蹈经验的年限无关。在一般和舞蹈特定的身体形象中，对身体的欣赏是唯一的预测因素。这些发现证明了对积极的身体形象、现代舞者和身份的进一步研究是合理的。
