Fitness Dance Counteracts Female Ph.D. Candidates’ Stress by Affecting Emotion Regulation

Datian Liu, Fengxin Sun, Yongsheng Zhu, Changjun Jia, Yupeng Mao () and Bing Liu ()
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Datian Liu: Physical Education Department, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
Fengxin Sun: Physical Education Department, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
Yongsheng Zhu: Physical Education Department, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
Changjun Jia: Physical Education Department, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
Yupeng Mao: Physical Education Department, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
Bing Liu: School of Arts, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 22, 1-13

Abstract: Background : The impact of stress on the nation’s physical and mental health is considerable. Exercise is considered to have beneficial effects on mental health and the capacity for coping with stress. The purpose of this study is to verify the effects of fitness dance intervention on female Ph.D. candidates’ stress, and compare it with the intervention effects of MBSR. Method : A repeated measurement experimental design was used to evaluate the effects of fitness dance and MBSR on Chinese female Ph.D. candidates’ stress. Results : Twelve weeks of fitness dance and MBSR can reduce participants’ stress from severe to moderate. Eight weeks of fitness dance can reduce the tension from perceived stress ( p = 0.019) and loss of control from perceived stress ( p = 0.043). Twelve weeks of fitness dance can reduce the tension from perceived stress ( p < 0.000), loss of control from perceived stress ( p = 0.002) and perceived stress ( p = 0.001). Fitness dance and MBSR affect emotion regulation, thereby affecting stress. Fitness dance reduced participants’ stress by improving their cognitive reappraisal ability. MBSR reduced participants’ stress by improving their cognitive reappraisal ability and expression suppression ability. Conclusions : Fitness dance, as a method of exercise intervention, is suitable for reducing Chinese female Ph.D. candidates’ stress.

Keywords: fitness dance; MBSR; female Ph.D. candidates; stress alleviating; exercise (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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