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Emotional and Neurohumoral Responses to Dancing Tango ArgentinoThe Effects of Music and Partner
1 Goethe University Frankfurt am Main Correspondence: Cynthia Quiroga Murcia, Department of Psychology, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, P.O. Box 11 19 32, D-60054 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; e-mail: Quiroga{at}psych.uni-frankfurt.de
The present study examines the emotional and hormonal responses to tango dancing and the specific influences of the presence of music and partner on these responses. Twenty-two tango dancers were assessed within four conditions, in which the presence of music and a dance partner while dancing were varied in a 2 x 2 design. Before each condition and 5 minutes thereafter, participants provided salivary samples for analysis of cortisol and testosterone concentrations and completed the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule. The data suggest that motion with a partner to music has more positive effects on emotional state than motion without music or without a partner. Moreover, decreases of cortisol concentrations were found with the presence of music, whereas increases of testosterone levels were associated with the presence of a partner. The authors' work gives evidence of short-term positive psychobiological reactions after tango dancing and contributes to understanding the differential influence of music and partner.
Key Words: dance • music • emotional state • cortisol • testosterone
Music and Medicine, Vol. 1, No. 1,
14-21 (2009) |
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