THE EFFECT OF SPORTS DANCE ON SELF-ESTEEM AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS

Abstract

The purposes of this study were as follows: (1) to investigate the effect of sports dance on the confidence of college students; (2) to improve the confidence of college students through sports dance training courses; and (3) to compare the confidence of the experimental group before and after attending the sports dance course. This study included a sample of 20 junior undergraduate students from Chongqing EMU. The samples were divided into two groups: the experimental and the control group. The experimental group used the sports dance course, and the control group used traditional teaching. The research instruments used was a self-designed, expert-reviewed Rosenberg's Confidence Scale. The data were analyzed using a t-test. The results were as follows: (1) the mean value was 28.3 and 28.8 for the control group, after the sports dance course, the mean value was 35.6 for the experimental group and 27.8 for the control group. The results show that sports dance training had a significant positive effect on their self-confidence.-