Dancers' Body Esteem, Fitness Esteem, and Self-esteem in Three Contexts

Abstract

Sixty-two college-aged, ballet and modern dancers evaluated their bodies and themselves in different dance and non-dance settings. In a self-report survey design, dancers' body esteem, fitness esteem, and selfesteem (an overall self-evaluation) were measured in three different contexts. Dancers rated their body esteem, fitness esteem, and self-esteem the lowest in a dance class context. Their body, fitness, and selfesteem were all rated significantly higher in the two other contexts -a dance performance and a party with friends. Body esteem in all contexts, for both ballet and modern dancers, was always rated lower than fitness esteem. Ballet and modern dancers did not differ in their body esteem and fitness esteem scores; however, modern dancers reported higher self-esteem than ballet dancers across the contexts.

The Relationship between Passion and the Psychological Well-Being of Professional Dancers

“…[27][28][29] However, recent studies suggest that dance students of mixed dance styles have relatively high self-esteem 30,31 ; at the university level, modern dancers were found to have slightly higher self-esteem than ballet dancers. 32 To date, most of the literature regarding self-esteem in dance relates to eating attitudes and body image in student dancers. [27][28][29][30] Very little research has looked at the self-esteem of professional dancers as a result of positive affect in one's life, for example, through passion for a self-defining activity.…”

Estima corporal, insatisfacción corporal e índice de masa corporal en bailarinas de ballet y estudiantes

“…Tradicionalmente, las investigaciones en BB se han enfocado en la comprensión de la IC y pocas se han interesado en investigar aspectos positivos de la imagen corporal (Budnik-Przybylska et al, 2019;Swami y Sunshine, 2012;van Zelst et al, 2004;Vernetta et al, 2018), por ejemplo, la estima corporal (EC). La EC es la imagen o representación mental que las personas tienen acerca de su propio cuerpo, y a la observación de su atractivo estético y sexual (Franzoi y Herzog, 1986).…”

Estima corporal, insatisfacción corporal e índice de masa corporal en bailarinas de ballet y estudiantes

“…Tradicionalmente, las investigaciones en BB se han enfocado en la comprensión de la IC y pocas se han interesado en investigar aspectos positivos de la imagen corporal (Budnik-Przybylska et al, 2019;Swami y Sunshine, 2012;van Zelst et al, 2004;Vernetta et al, 2018), por ejemplo, la estima corporal (EC). La EC es la imagen o representación mental que las personas tienen acerca de su propio cuerpo, y a la observación de su atractivo estético y sexual (Franzoi y Herzog, 1986).…”