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KMID : 1129720060230020069
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Korean Journal of Acupuncture
2006 Volume.23 No. 2 p.69 ~ p.78
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The Effect of TuRo (Qi dance therapy) on the psychological health in adolescent female students
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Lee Hwa-Jin
Chae Youn-Byoung
An Kyung-Eh
Hahm Dae-Hyun
Park Hi-Joon
Lee Hye-Jung
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Abstract
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Objectives: TuRo, defined as a dance therapy applying the meridian Qi system into the dancing movements, may have effects on ameliorating the psychological symptoms that often appear in adolescent students in a stressful situation. The Objective of the present study was to examine whether TuRo training relieves the psychological symptoms in adolescent female students.
Methods: Symptom Check List-90-Revision (SCL-90-R), a 5 point Likert scale, consisted of 90 items that represent psychological symptoms, were used to measure the psychological health status in healthy adolescent female. Twenty two adolescent female students were trained TuRo dancing for two months while 29 in control group were trained mimicked movements without the concept of Qi for the same period. Changes in Somatization, Obsessive-Compulsive behaviors, Interpersonal Sensitivity, Depression, Anxiety, Hostility, Phobic Anxiety, Parinoid Ideation and Psychotic symptoms by the two months of training were compared between TuRo and control groups using SCL-9Q-R.
Results: Among the nine-categorized psychological symptoms, the somatization and hostility were significantly reduced in TuRo group (p
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KEYWORD
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Qi, psychological symptoms, SCL-90-R
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