Stressors and Coping Mechanisms of Dance Practitioners: Bases in Designing Stress Management Program

Rivera, Toni Alison N. (2016) Stressors and Coping Mechanisms of Dance Practitioners: Bases in Designing Stress Management Program. Masters thesis, West Visayas State University.

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Abstract

This study aimed to design a stress management program for dance practitioners based on their experienced stressors and their coping mechanisms. The study utilized 30 dance practitioners in the three selected cities of Negros Occidental. Purposive sampling was employed in the selection of participants. The General Stressors, Performance-related Stressors and Stress Coping Mechanisms Inventories were utilized to gather the data for the study. The data were collected between the months of January and February 2016. The Mean and Standard Deviation were used for descriptive data analysis while the Mann Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis H were used for inferential statistics. The .05 level of significance was adapted in the interpretation of the results. The result showed that as an entire group, dance practitioners held that personal life, family relations, students' behavior, workload, financial aspect, extramural activities, resources and performance concerns were manageable stressors while colleagues/staff and dance studio management were low stressors. When categorized according to sex, specialization and experience, all dance practitioners agreed that personal life, family relations, students' behavior, workload, financial aspect, extramural activities, resources and performance concerns were manageable stressors. However, in terms of colleagues/staff and dance studio management, dance practitioners demonstrated contrasting views.... [Partial abstract.]

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Uncontrolled Keywords: dance, Negros Occidental, dance education
Depositing User: Machine Whisperer
Date Deposited: 25 Mar 2018 03:22
Last Modified: 25 Mar 2018 03:22
URI: http://philippineperformance-repository.upd.edu.ph/id/eprint/3189

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