Effects of Dance and Art Work on Anxiety and Aggression of College Student

Abstract

The present experiment assessed the effect of dance practice and art work on state anxiety and state aggression of the college students. The sample consists of 60 female subjects (30 Subjects received training in Indian Classical Dance Forms and 30 Subjects received art training or no training in any other art forms). Then Spielberger State – Trait Anxiety Inventory (1983), and State – Trait Anger Expression Inventory (Spielberger 1994) were administered to assess the state anxiety and the state aggression respectively. For the analysis of data; mean, standard deviation and t-test were calculated, the analysis revealed that: State anxiety is reduced after dance practice and art work. State aggression is also reduced after dance practice and art work.