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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Dance Science
  • Trauma Studies

Background:

  • Trauma exposure is prevalent in dancers, potentially leading to psychopathology like PTSD, depression, and anxiety.
  • Despite risks, many dancers exhibit resilience, adapting to traumatic events without developing severe mental health issues.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate risk and protective factors associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in pre-professional and professional dancers.
  • To compare dancers with and without PTSD, and with and without trauma exposure, examining differences in emotion regulation, coping strategies, and psychopathology.

Main Methods:

  • 292 dancers completed self-report measures assessing trauma exposure, PTSD, emotion regulation, coping, and psychopathology.
  • Multivariate analyses of covariance (MANCOVA) compared groups based on PTSD and trauma exposure.
  • Logistic regression identified predictors of PTSD.

Main Results:

  • Dancers with trauma exposure (66%) and PTSD (32%) reported greater emotion regulation difficulties, emotion-oriented coping, depression, anxiety, and cumulative trauma.
  • Childhood abuse (physical, sexual, emotional neglect), family mental illness, and difficulty disclosing abuse predicted PTSD.
  • No significant differences were found in flow experiences or task/avoidance coping strategies between groups.

Conclusions:

  • Trauma, abuse history, emotion dysregulation, and specific coping styles are linked to PTSD in dancers.
  • Positive factors like flow experiences and adaptive coping may buffer trauma's negative impact.
  • Understanding these factors is crucial for supporting dancers' mental health and mitigating PTSD effects.