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Two ways to measure interpersonal synchrony in dance/movement therapy: Comparing accelerometer data with observational data
The arts in psychotherapy, v 92, p102245
20 Dec 2024
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Abstract
Moving in synchrony with others is associated with heightened social engagement and cooperation between individuals. Creative arts-based approaches such as dance/movement therapy (DMT) incorporate nonverbal techniques to develop interpersonal synchrony and group cohesion, and to enhance kinesthetic empathy. While DMT commonly uses Laban Movement Analysis (LMA), an analytical assessment system to observe and interpret movement, it is subject to personal bias and observer fatigue. Therefore, our goal was to explore the utility of the accelerometer to objectively measure rhythmic synchrony (RS) and spatial synchrony (SS) with 14 middle school students during 10 weekly group DMT sessions and to examine changes in mean scores for RS and SS over three time points. A wrist-worn accelerometer and Laban Movement Analysis (LMA), were used to measure RS and SS between individuals in each group. Biometric and observational data were compared to observe trends between both data sets. Participants’ subjective experiences of wearing the device during movement were also investigated. Although no statistical significance was found in IS scores across groups, in comparing the two data sets, overall biometric scores of RS increased marginally between the three time points, and overall observational scores notably increased between T1 and T2 and decreased between T2 and T3. Group 2 demonstrated similar upward trends in both data sets. This study is the first to investigate the useability of the accelerometer to measure interpersonal synchrony in DMT. Although the findings are encouraging, further investigation is needed to provide definitive information on the usefulness of the accelerometer in this context. Limitations and suggestions for future research are included.
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- Title
- Two ways to measure interpersonal synchrony in dance/movement therapy: Comparing accelerometer data with observational data
- Creators
- Nalini Prakash (Corresponding Author) - Drexel University, Creative Arts TherapiesArun Ramakrishnan - Drexel University, College of Nursing and Health ProfessionsDaniel Vader - Drexel University, Epidemiology and BiostatisticsSherry W Goodill - Drexel University, Creative Arts TherapiesNancy Beardall - Lesley UniversityRenee H Moore - Drexel University, Epidemiology and BiostatisticsMinjung Shim - Drexel University, Creative Arts Therapies
- Publication Details
- The arts in psychotherapy, v 92, p102245
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 11
- Grants
- 187087-38-21, National Endowment for the Arts (United States, Washington) - NEA
- Grant note
- National Endowment for the Arts: 187087-38-21 Marian Chace Foundation of the American Dance Therapy Association: 230327
Funding This work was supported by the National Endowment for the Arts under Grant number 187087-38-21; and the Marian Chace Foundation of the American Dance Therapy Association under Grant number 230327.
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Creative Arts Therapies; Epidemiology and Biostatistics; College of Nursing and Health Professions
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001393184500001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85212652421
- Other Identifier
- 991021970698104721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Clinical
- Rehabilitation