Impact of Dance/Movement Therapy on Emotion Regulation-A Study on Geriatric Population

Abstract

The study was conducted to understand whether there is any impact of Dance/Movement Therapy (DMT) on emotion regulation among geriatric population belonging to the age group of 65-95. This quasi-experimental research design used a single assessment tool which is Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) given by Gross, J.J., & John, O.P in 2003. Purposive sampling method was used for data collection and the total sample size was N= 7, with 5 females and 2 males. The statistical tools used in this study are descriptives (mean and standard deviation) and paired sample t-test. The study aimed at understanding the impact relationship between Dance/Movement Therapy (DMT) on emotion regulation in geriatric population. The pre-test- post-test results were interpreted. The results revealed that there was no significant impact of Dance/Movement Therapy (DMT) on emotion regulation.