Dance/Movement Therapy Research

Listed below are the six AAD Field at a Glance study articles.  Click on each title to view the articles.

1. An Evaluation of Kornblum's Body-Based Violence Prevention Curriculum for Children
2. PEACE Through Dance/Movement: Evaluating a Violence Prevention Program
3. The Acute Effects of a Specialized Movement Program on the Verbal Abilities of Patients with Late-Stage Dementia
4. Dance/Movement Therapeutic Methods in Management of Dementia
5. The Joy Dance: Specific Effects of a Single Dance Intervention on Psychiatric Patients with Depression
6. Dance/Movement Therapy Improves Emotional Responses and Modulates Neurohormones in Adolescents with Mild Depression

 

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The mission of the Research Sub-Committee is to promote research in the field of dance/movement therapy in several ways:

• Making research related resources as available as possible.
• Assisting ADTA members with their research through consultation around research questions, designs, methods, etc.

Please go to our research listings and browse the categories at the right of the page. The Research Committee tries to stay current with dance therapy research. If you’re aware of research that is not listed, or if you have questions about particular research issues, contact one of the committee members, listed at right.

 

Call For Nominations!  Annual DMT Research Awards!

Presented by the Marian Chace Foundation and the ADTA Research Sub-Committee

Did you read or write a great research article about dance/movement therapy?

It could win the Annual DMT Research Award!!!  $100 will be awarded to the author.

 

Specfics:

• The article may be published in any peer review journal
• The author must be a member of American Dance Therapy Association
• The article must have dance/movement therapy as a keyword descriptor
• The article will be chosen by the Research Subcommittee and a representative of the Marian Chace Foundation
• If there is more than one author of the article, the award will be divided between them equally.

Questions or nominations?

Contact Laura Downey, MA, R-DMT: lmdowney@hotmail.com