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Extraversion in women with fibromyalgia as a predictor of better prognosis: an intervention model in dance movement therapy.
- Source :
- Body, Movement & Dance in Psychotherapy; Nov2019, Vol. 14 Issue 4, p218-233, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- This study examined the relationship between extraversion, the ability to identify emotions in observed movement and quality of life (QoL), among women with and without fibromyalgia (FM). The sample was 50 adult women. Participants were asked to fill out Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, NEO Five Factor Inventory, Short Form 36 Health Survey, Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 and demographic questionnaire, were shown video clips of body movements and were asked to identify the emotion. The results showed that extraversion was positively correlated with the identification of happiness among FM patients and with QoL. A correlation was found between the ability to identify 'happiness' and ahigher perceived QoL. FM patients who showed ahigher level of extraversion identified happiness better than those who were not found to be extraverted. It can be assumed that expression of emotion using dance/movement therapy, which activates mirror neurons, will increase empathic abilities. Results led to the building of a therapeutic intervention model based on the practical implications of the findings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- TREATMENT of fibromyalgia
NEURAL physiology
ANALYSIS of covariance
ANGER
AUDIOVISUAL materials
COMPARATIVE studies
STATISTICAL correlation
DANCE therapy
EMOTIONS
EMPATHY
FIBROMYALGIA
HAPPINESS
MATHEMATICAL models
MULTIVARIATE analysis
PSYCHOLOGY
QUALITY of life
QUESTIONNAIRES
WOMEN
BODY movement
PATIENTS' attitudes
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17432979
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Body, Movement & Dance in Psychotherapy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 139525842
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17432979.2019.1672790