Quested Eleanor, Duda Joan L
School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, UK.
J Dance Med Sci. 2011 Mar;15(1):3-14.
Limited research has considered the social-environmental and motivational processes predictive of self evaluations and body-related concerns. Evidence suggests that low self-esteem, poor body evaluations, and associated anxieties are particularly prevalent among the student dance population. Grounded in self-determination theory (SDT), this study examined the relationships among perceptions of autonomy support, motivation regulations, and self-evaluations of body-related concerns in the context of vocational dance. Three hundred and ninety-two dancers completed questionnaires regarding their perceptions of autonomy support in their dance school, reasons for engaging in dance, self-esteem, social physique anxiety (SPA), and body dissatisfaction. Structural equation modeling analyses revealed that perceived autonomy support predicted intrinsic motivation (+) and amotivation (-). Extrinsic regulation positively predicted SPA. Amotivation mediated the associations between perceptions of autonomy support and dancers' self-esteem, SPA, and body dissatisfaction. The utility of SDT in understanding predictors of self-worth, physical evaluations, and associated concerns was supported. Moreover, this study provides preliminary evidence supporting the applicability of SDT in dance contexts.
仅有有限的研究考虑过预测自我评价和身体相关担忧的社会环境及动机过程。有证据表明，自卑、不良的身体评价以及相关焦虑在学生舞蹈群体中尤为普遍。基于自我决定理论（SDT），本研究考察了职业舞蹈背景下自主支持感、动机调节与身体相关担忧的自我评价之间的关系。392名舞者完成了关于他们对舞蹈学校自主支持感、参与舞蹈的原因、自尊、社交体型焦虑（SPA）和身体不满的问卷调查。结构方程模型分析表明，感知到的自主支持预测了内在动机（+）和无动机（-）。外部调节正向预测了SPA。无动机介导了自主支持感认知与舞者自尊、SPA和身体不满之间的关联。自我决定理论在理解自我价值、身体评价及相关担忧的预测因素方面的效用得到了支持。此外，本研究提供了初步证据支持自我决定理论在舞蹈情境中的适用性。
