Empathy, Self-Esteem and Creativity among Junior Ballet Dancers
- 1 December 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 69 (3_suppl) , 1227-1234
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1989.69.3f.1227
Abstract
62 junior ballet dancers from the Finnish National Opera (44 girls, 18 boys, ages 9 to 17 yr.) completed the Battle Self-esteem Inventory Form B or AD, the Tennessee Self-concept Scale, 2 factors from Coopersmith's Self-esteem Inventory, 10 items from Rosenberg's scale, the modified Mehrabian and Epstein Empathy Scale, a questionnaire on hobbies, the Rorschach and the Figural B Form of Torrance's creativity test. Analysis showed dancers trained 4–5 nights/week, tended to have creative hobbies, were more empathetic and sensitive (especially girls) than controls. Dancers had higher self-esteem than the normative sample.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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