Stress effects of dance sport dancers and stress coping techniques

Object of this paper. Stress experienced by dance sport dancers, its influence to their self assessment and stress coping techniques. Problem of this paper: what is the speciality of stress experienced by dance sport dancers and what are possible its coping techniques. Aim of this paper: to identify effect of stress, its influence to self assessment and stress coping techniques to dance sport dancers. Tasks of this paper: 1st – to assess stress effect to dance sport dancers. 2nd – to identify stress coping techniques. 3rd – to identify influence of stress effect to dance sport dancers self assessment. Research methods: 1. Analytical Review of Literature . 2. Analysis of Statistical Data. (Using SPSS statistical data processing program) 3. Questionnaire survey. Research questions: - What is an exclusivity of stress phenomenon? - What are theoretical frameworks of dancers experienced stress? - What is the effect of stress to dance sport dancers self-assessment? Conclusions. 1. Sport dance dancers female more often than male feel stress (p = 0.040). Both male and female tend to suffer stress in their profession activities - dancing (p = 0.225). Most of dance sport dancers sometimes feel stress (p = 0.653). Dance sport dancers male more often then female integrative functions cause stress (p = 0.002). Often stress is caused by aspiration to be the best to both dance sport dancers female and male (p = 0.773). Stress is caused by mental stressors more often to dance sport dancers female than male (p= 0.002), male dancers are more likely than female to experience physiological stress (p = 0.040). Psychological stress causes manifestation of muscular tension more often to male dance sport dancers than women (p = 0.360). Female dancers are more likely to experience emotional stress than male dancers, mood changes often occur to female and depression often occur to male as an expression of experienced stress (p = 0.003). At most stress is affecting both female and male dance sport dancers, but female experienced stress more often affects their facial expressions more often male, and stress often influence male carried out steps more often than female (p = 0.002). 2. Male dance sport dancers are more likely than women to relieve stress control, and female are more often tended to relieve choosing alternative thinking, education (p = 0.036). Dance sport dancers male are more likely than women coping stress with consistent muscle relaxation, while female are more conscious to cope with their stress by change of self-assessment (p = 0.050). 3. Stress is negatively affecting dance sport dancers confidence (p = 0.838). Overall assessment of stress negatively affects dance sport dancers self assessment (p = 0.050). Dance sport dancers female more often than male feel completely incapable feeling stress (p = 0.001). Recommendations/ proposals: - to promote dance sport dancers positive thinking and self-assessment; - to reconcile professional activity with leisure; - to align training objectives with individual facilities; - to reduce emotional stress by intentional amendment of self-assessment; - to reduce physiological stress by relaxation