Suberry Assaf, Bodner Ehud
Department of Social & Health Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel.
Music Department, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 Jul 17;14(7):607. doi: 10.3390/bs14070607.
To examine the effect of synchronous dance movements on social bonding and perceived closeness between generations, 168 young (20-45 years) and older (65-90 years) participants were randomly assigned to six dyad conditions. These included dancing synchronously or asynchronously with an in-age-group or out-age-group unfamiliar partner for 11 min. The participants then completed social bonding and group closeness questionnaires. To assess variation across individuals' and dyads' measurements, a generalized estimating equation modeling analysis was conducted. In line with the hypotheses, synchronized dancing increased social bonding, and young adults showed an enhanced perception of closeness between generations. The hypothesis that synchronous dancing with out-age-group members would foster greater perceived closeness compared to in-age-group members was not confirmed. Surprisingly, the results indicated that asynchronous movements with the in-age-group led to a higher degree of closeness between generations than asynchronous movements with the out-age-group. Avenues for future studies on the mechanisms by which intergenerational dance fosters intergenerational bonding and closeness are discussed.
为了研究同步舞蹈动作对代际之间社会联系和亲密感的影响，168名年轻人（20 - 45岁）和老年人（65 - 90岁）被随机分配到六种二元组条件中。这些条件包括与年龄组内或年龄组外不熟悉的伙伴同步或不同步跳舞11分钟。参与者随后完成了社会联系和群体亲密感问卷。为了评估个体和二元组测量结果的差异，进行了广义估计方程建模分析。与假设一致，同步舞蹈增强了社会联系，并且年轻人对代际亲密感的感知有所增强。与年龄组内成员同步跳舞相比，与年龄组外成员同步跳舞会促进更强亲密感的假设未得到证实。令人惊讶的是，结果表明与年龄组内成员进行不同步动作比与年龄组外成员进行不同步动作会导致更高程度的代际亲密感。本文讨论了未来关于代际舞蹈促进代际联系和亲密感机制的研究方向。
