Effects of Stress and Burnout on Dance Immersion of Undergraduates Majoring in Practical Dance

This study aimed to determine the effects of stress and burnout on dance immersion of undergraduates majoring in practical dance. Participants were 207 undergraduates majoring in practical dance at universities in Seoul, and a survey was utilized as a research tool. Data collection was followed by correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis using SPSS Version 18.0, which yielded the following results. First, environmental stress, a subfactor of dance stress, had a positive effect on trance-like state. Conversely, career stress and stress over practical skills negatively affected trance-like state, and stress over practical skills also had a negative effect on attention and sense of accomplishment as well as the integration of activity and cognition. Second, demotivation and doubt, subfactors of dance burnout, negatively affected all factors of dance immersion (i.e., trance-like state, attention and sense of accomplishment, autotelic experience, and integration of activity and cognition). These findings suggest that psychological and educational support is needed to transform environmental stress into challenging stimuli and to alleviate career stress, stress over practical skills, and demotivation and doubt in order to enhance dance immersion among undergraduates majoring in practical dance.