2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The impact of positive affect on skills development in rhythmical gymnastics
Project/Area Number |
22500547
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Physical education
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Research Institution | Kumamoto University |
Principal Investigator |
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HASHIMOTO Kimio 熊本学園大学, 社会福祉学部, 教授 (90106047)
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Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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Keywords | リズム体操 / ポジティブ感情 / 感性教育 / ポジティブ心理学 / 動きの教育 |
Research Abstract |
Rhythmical gymnastics aim at wholeness and rhythmical movements.Those movements are constituted in two main elements: Bouncing and Swinging. In this study,data will show that the two elements had an increasing positive affect increased onstudents in a rhythmical gymnastic class. Results indicate that rhythmical movements havean inherent positive impact on participants. The subjects who continued to participatein rhythmical gymnastics were motivated to improve on the quality of their movements.They experienced awareness of positive movement when they were able to do movement flowfor example. Positive emotions such as refreshment, contentment and feeling of bodymovement in tune with others were reported.
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