Efectos de módulos de expresión corporal sobre el bienestar de personas adultas mayores

The aim of the study was to understand the acute and chronic effects of body expression modules on the psychological and subjective well-being in a group of elderly women. The study involved 12 women with an average age of 74,33 ± 7,15 years old in the experimental group and 24 women with an average age of 71,08 ± 6,28 years old in the control group. Methods: women participated in seven body expression modules. To assess the subjective well-being the Positive Affects and Negative Affects Scale and the Ryff Scale to determine psychological well-being were applied. The physical activity habits were also evaluated through a self-elaboration questionnaire. Besides, data triangulation was used for qualitative evaluation, relating data collected from field notes, during interviews and from video-recordings of all sessions. Results: The results showed a statistically significant acute decrease in negative affections (F=5,057; p=,043) attributable to treatment, however, there was no statistically significant change in positive affects, neither psychological well-being (all p values>0,05). The participants perceived a sense of well-being after the corporal expression modules practice.