A study of the elderly participation of dancing with music on psychological benefits , happiness degrees , and physical abilities .

• Main Authors: Lee,Yu-Chi, 李祐綺
• Other Authors: Lee, Shih-Chang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/87310723760692535894

碩士 === 南開科技大學 === 福祉科技與服務管理所 === 100 === The aimed of this study is to examine the psychological benefits, happiness,and activity of current situation for elderly participate activities related to music, dance and differ from population characteristics also. This research provides a certain basis for educators and researchers by understanding the relationship between psychological benefits, happiness and activity.By using questionnaire as research method including rating scale of psychological benefit, happiness degree, physical activity, basic information as tools.City park elderly of Taipei and New Taipei city located northern region as populationfor sample selection.The duration of questionnaire survey in 4-month.In this study, a total of 502 questionnaires were issued with 463 questionnaires were returned, response rate was 92.2%, by deleting invalid questionnaires,387 valid questionnaires were obtained, the effective response rate reached 77.1%.Also, it extends several evaluation methods includingitem analysis, multi-factor evaluation, descriptive measures(average differences of comparative analysis, standard deviation,ercentage andfrequency distribution) and model goodness fitting. The results as following: 1. The background of elderly whom participate in the activity related to music and dance. 317 females participated in the study as mostly; 207 people aged between 65~70 as mostly;218 people in cohabiting with husband and wife as mostly; 141 people participate in the activity of dance and music which 2 times a week as mostly; 168 people doing exercise over 61 min/time and 154 people over 4~5 years as mostly; According to analysis of symptom which the sequence of top 5, osteoporosis(201 people), arthritis(129 people), obesity(105 people), diabetes(51 people), hypertension(46 people). 2. The psychological benefits, happiness, and activity of current situation for elderly participate activities related to music, dance.By according to elderly participate activities related to music and dance,is a significant extent, also happiness and activity...etc. 3. The socioeconomic status of elderly whom participate in the activity related to music and dance.Only gender and living are significantly different on average differences of comparative analysis between psychological benefit, happiness degree and physical activity. 4. The degree of association of elderly whom participate in the activity related to music and dance.Each kind of experimental result of theory modling and observation, the objective factors of externallywas excellent. On the whole, this model figured out the structure of research with excellent overall appropriation between leisure mode and observation data,establish to fully explanation at theory modling and observation. Keywords: Elderly, Aging, Recreations, Athletics, Physical fitness