Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Department of Social and Psychological Studies, Karlstad University, 651 88 Karlstad, Sweden.
J Aging Stud. 2019 Dec;51:100786. doi: 10.1016/j.jaging.2019.100786. Epub 2019 May 22.
Research on dancing in later life has mainly focused on the health-promoting effects of dance, including aspects of well-being, while studies focusing on emotions are rare. The purpose of this article is therefore to contribute to research on older people's dancing through examining emotions in social dancing. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 44 older persons. The analysis shows how successful interaction rituals create positive emotions such as joy and pride and contribute to emotional energy. However, there are also unsuccessful interaction rituals which contribute to negative emotions of sadness and anger. These negative emotions can drain emotional energy, but, importantly for this study, they may also contribute to a forceful counter-energy which motivates the interviewees to try again. We discuss these patterns as emotional energy tropism and as negative emotional energy and positive emotional energy working together. The study provides insight into how and why dancing feels good as well as why older people do not give up dancing despite setbacks. Overall, the study contributes to research discussions about emotions in gray dancing as well as sociology of emotions.
关于老年人跳舞的研究主要集中在舞蹈的促进健康的作用上，包括幸福感等方面，而关注情绪的研究则很少。因此，本文旨在通过考察社交舞蹈中的情绪，为老年人跳舞的研究做出贡献。我们对 44 名老年人进行了定性访谈。分析表明，成功的互动仪式如何产生积极的情绪，如喜悦和自豪，并有助于产生情绪能量。然而，也有不成功的互动仪式，会导致悲伤和愤怒等负面情绪。这些负面情绪会消耗情绪能量，但重要的是，对于这项研究来说，它们也可能产生一种有力的反能量，促使受访者再次尝试。我们将这些模式称为情绪能量倾向以及负面情绪能量和正面情绪能量的共同作用。该研究深入了解了为什么跳舞会让人感觉良好，以及为什么老年人尽管遇到挫折仍不放弃跳舞。总的来说，该研究为灰色舞蹈中的情绪以及情感社会学的研究讨论做出了贡献。
