Implementation and Evaluation of a Performance-Profile Intervention With College Dancers

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Elmer A. Castillo Saint Francis University

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Graig M. Chow Florida State University

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2018-0138
Keywords:
behavior change; performance profiling; self-awareness
First Published Online:
20 Feb 2020
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Volume 34: Issue 1
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The purpose of this study was to systematically examine the impact of a revised performance-profile (PP) intervention on college dancers’ self-awareness and behavior-change levels. The secondary aim was to assess dancers’ perceptions of the benefits and future use of the revised-PP technique. Forty-four dancers were randomly allocated to a revised-PP condition or a didactic-PP condition to examine the pre–post impacts of a single PP intervention on the outcome measures. Results revealed significant differences in the pre–postintervention self-awareness scores between conditions, with a significant increase in the revised-PP condition and a decrease in the didactic-PP condition. There was no significant difference in pre–post behavior scores between the experimental and active-control conditions. Revised-PP participants indicated that the intervention provided several benefits and that they were highly likely to use their individual PPs again in the future.

Castillo is with the Dept. of Psychology, Saint Francis University, Loretto, PA. Chow is with the Dept. of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.

Castillo (jecastillo2906@gmail.com) is corresponding author.
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