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Dancing with the muses: dissociation and flow.
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PMID:  22651681     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This study investigated dissociative psychological processes and flow (dispositional and state) in a group of professional and pre-professional dancers (n = 74). In this study, high scores for global (Mdn = 4.14) and autotelic (Mdn = 4.50) flow suggest that dancing was inherently integrating and rewarding, although 17.6% of the dancers were identified as possibly having clinical levels of dissociation (Dissociative Experiences Scale-Taxon cutoff score ≥20). The results of the multivariate analysis of variance indicated that subjects with high levels of dissociation had significantly lower levels of global flow (p < .05). Stepwise linear regression analyses demonstrated that dispositional flow negatively predicted the dissociative constructs of depersonalization and taxon (p < .05) but did not significantly predict the variance in absorption/imagination (p > .05). As hypothesized, dissociation and flow seem to operate as different mental processes.
Authors:
Paula Thomson; S Victoria Jaque
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of trauma & dissociation : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD)     Volume:  13     ISSN:  1529-9740     ISO Abbreviation:  J Trauma Dissociation     Publication Date:  2012 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-06-01     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100898209     Medline TA:  J Trauma Dissociation     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  478-89     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
a Department of Kinesiology , California State University , Northridge , California , USA.
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