Lench Heather C, Levine Linda J, Roe Elisa
Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-7085, USA.
J Dance Med Sci. 2010;14(4):163-70.
Psychological characteristics associated with interpreting situations as stressful can impact people's physical health. The present investigation focused on trait anxiety and achievement goals as two such characteristics that may predict health outcomes in dancers, a group prone to chronic stress and injury. Students enrolled in a university dance program (N = 109) completed measures of trait anxiety, achievement goals for dance classes, and current health at the start of an academic term. Health was assessed again at the end of the term. Greater trait anxiety predicted poorer health at the end of the term when controlling for initial health. In addition, the more dancers wanted to avoid performing worse than others (performance-avoidance goals), the poorer was their physical health at term's end. It is concluded that anxiety and performance-avoidance goals may hinder dancers' ability to cope with the physical stress associated with a dance career.
将情境解读为有压力的心理特征会影响人们的身体健康。本研究聚焦于特质焦虑和成就目标这两个可能预测舞者健康状况的特征，舞者群体容易遭受慢性压力和受伤。一所大学舞蹈专业的学生（N = 109）在学期开始时完成了特质焦虑、舞蹈课程成就目标以及当前健康状况的测量。学期结束时再次评估健康状况。在控制初始健康状况的情况下，特质焦虑程度越高预示着学期末健康状况越差。此外，舞者越想避免表现得比别人差（成绩回避目标），学期末他们的身体健康状况就越差。研究得出结论，焦虑和成绩回避目标可能会阻碍舞者应对与舞蹈职业相关的身体压力的能力。
