The effectiveness of Folk dance Expression program on some physiological variables and cortisol hormone to relieve psychological stress in refugee women | ||
| The International Scientific Journal of Physical Education and Sport Sciences | ||
| Article 2, Volume 8, Issue 1, May 2020, Pages 33-50 PDF (743.7 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/isjpes.2020.25413.1006 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Eman Mahmoud ELsherief* 1; Sherin Mohamed Ali2 | ||
| 1Curriculum and Teaching Methods of Physical Education - Faculty of Physical Education for Girls -Alexandria University | ||
| 2Health Sciences Department - Faculty of Physical Education for Girls - Alexandria University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This research aims to design a folk dance Expression program for refugee women in Canada and to find its impact on some morphological and physiological variables (cortisol level) for refugee and the psychological stress . The research also aims to study the effectiveness of the applied folk dance Expression program on these variables and Obtain self-Assessment on the folk dance program from the research sample of refugee . The results are 1- The folk dance Expression program improved morphological and physiological variables in the range between (10.46%: 67.47%) in favor of post measurement. 2- The folk dance Expression program relieved some psychological stresses as economic stress improved by 47.26%, work stress improved by 19.35%, health stress improved by 18.06%. The overall score of the scale improved by 14.10% in favor of post measurements. 3- The self-Assessment of the program was positive, as the research sample of refugee agreed on the program at a rate ranging from (81.6% to 100%). 4- Defining a day each year dedicated to disseminating different Arab cultures (the second week of December every year) which contain a set of activities that help to stand by the Arab refugees "International Exhibition of Multiple Cultures". Recommendations: 1- The necessity of paying attention to measuring psychological stress for different groups of society and the good planning to overcome it. 2- Caring for refugees, providing health care and psychological support to solve their problems . 3- Preparing more studies on refugees and providing more rehabilitation programs to help them . | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Folk dance Expression program; physiological variables and cortisol hormone; psychological stress; refugee women | ||
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