PERBEDAAN PENGARUH DANCE MOVEMENT THERAPY DAN SENAM TAI CHI TERHADAP PENURUNAN TINGKAT STRES PADA LANSIA DI PANTI JOMPO KOTA MALANG

Background:Elderly is a group of people who are experiencing various change in their body due to the aging process. The aging process is a reduction process that involves the disappearance of tissue ability in the body which is happened slowly and lasting a lifetime. The aging process can be causing various problems, such as mental problem which is in the form of stress. Physical exercises that can be done to reduce stress level in elderly are Dance Movement Therapy and Tai Chi gymnastics. Research Methodology: This research was employing Quasi Experimental method with non equivalent group design. This research was conducted in 2 weeks. Furthermore, this research involved 40 elderly respondents which were divided into two groups, namely Dance Movement Therapy group (20 respondents) and Tai Chi gymnastics group (20 respondents). Additionally, the obtained data was analyzed by using Paired T-Test and Independent T-Test. Result: Based on the calculation by using Paired T-Test, the result shows that the value of significant is sig (2-Tailed) in the Dance Movement Therapy group, whereas Tai Chi gymnastics groups is resulting 0,000 (p<0,05). Therefore, H1 is accepted. Additionally, the calculation result on Independent T-Test is obtained the value of significant between two groups are 0,000 (p