The Culture of Vocational Dance Training and its Effect on Dancers' Mental Health and Well-being

职业舞蹈培训文化及其对舞者心理健康和福祉的影响

• 批准号: 2740849
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2740849
• 关键词: Culture; Vocational; Dance; Training; its

Culture, which refers to the norms of how people participate within a group (Blevins et al., 2020) is an important contributor to various athlete outcomes. Performance and mental well-being are some of the potential outcomes that have been identified as being affected by the culture of a group or sport organisation (Fletcher & Wagstaff, 2009). Therefore, it is important that the culture in which athletes train is managed accordingly to facilitate their experiences and development (Wagstaff & Burton-Wylie, 2018). A context where the culture needs to be considered is vocational dance training. Little is known about what the culture of this context entails. A recent study (Blevins et al., 2020) identified that the culture in Australian vocational dance training endorsed normalisation of injury and pushing through pain and fatigue, which could lead to greater stress and poorer mental health and well-being. Other studies have shown that competitive dancers experience a culture that demands continual peak performance, high commitment, frequent interpersonal conflicts (Schmitt, 2019), and a dancer body (i.e., tall, slim, and lean). This type of culture has been suggested to result in trait anxiety and worry (Carr & Wyon, 2003). Research is needed to better understand the characteristics of the training culture of vocational dance programmes in the UK. The aim of this PhD is to investigate the culture in vocational dance institutions around the UK and its influence on young vocational dancers' mental health and well-being. By using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, the project will explore two specific research questions: 1) What are the key features of the culture in vocational dance training as experienced by vocational dance students? and 2) How does the culture of vocational dance training influence dancers' mental health and psychological well-being? This novel study will contribute to existing literature by providing insight into the culture vocational dance students are embedded within during their training. This will provide dance coaches and teachers with an understanding of how the dance culture that they create can influence young dancers' mental health and psychological well-being, and the type of culture they should be aiming to implement to promote better mental health and well-being.

文化是指人们如何参与群体的规范（Blevins et al., 2020），它是各种运动员成绩的重要贡献者。表现和心理健康是一些已被确定为受团体或体育组织文化影响的潜在结果（Fletcher & Wagstaff，2009）。因此，重要的是对运动员训练的文化进行相应的管理，以促进他们的经验和发展（Wagstaff＆Burton-Wylie，2018）。需要考虑文化的背景是职业舞蹈培训。人们对这种背景下的文化意味着什么知之甚少。最近的一项研究（Blevins 等人，2020）发现，澳大利亚职业舞蹈培训的文化支持伤害正常化以及克服疼痛和疲劳，这可能会导致更大的压力和更差的心理健康和福祉。其他研究表明，竞技舞者经历的文化要求持续的巅峰表现、高度投入、频繁的人际冲突（Schmitt，2019）和舞者身体（即高、苗条和精瘦）。这种类型的文化被认为会导致特质焦虑和担忧（Carr & Wyon，2003）。需要进行研究以更好地了解英国职业舞蹈项目的培训文化特征。该博士学位的目的是调查英国各地职业舞蹈机构的文化及其对年轻职业舞者心理健康和福祉的影响。通过使用定性和定量的方法，该项目将探讨两个具体的研究问题：1）职业舞蹈学生所经历的职业舞蹈培训文化的主要特征是什么？ 2）职业舞蹈培训文化如何影响舞者的心理健康和心理健康？这项新颖的研究将通过深入了解职业舞蹈学生在培训期间所融入的文化，为现有文献做出贡献。这将使舞蹈教练和教师了解他们创造的舞蹈文化如何影响年轻舞者的心理健康和心理健康，以及他们应该致力于实施哪种文化类型以促进更好的心理健康和福祉。