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Performing Arts And Performance Anxiety, Jacklyn Sue Bascomb
Performing Arts And Performance Anxiety, Jacklyn Sue Bascomb
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
Background: Performing arts are a broad view of a range of human activities that occur in front of an audience with the attempt to express human experience and emotion. Performing artists consist of dancers, instrumental musicians, vocal musicians, and drama/comedy or theater/actors. Actors and instrumental musicians participate in tremendous training to provide the emotional story they deliver. Multiple factors contribute to mental and physical stress experienced by a performer. Performance anxiety results from a performer’s fear of an adverse reaction or evaluation of their performance. Performance anxiety can be debilitating with negative effects on a performer’s performance, career, and health. …
The Effect Of Music On Visuospatial Memory, James L. Mccracken
The Effect Of Music On Visuospatial Memory, James L. Mccracken
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
Music was utilized in an attempt to enhance visuospatial memory. Twenty-eight individuals, who attended a United Methodist Church in southern West Virginia, were randomly assigned to experimental and control conditions. The experimental group was exposed to new age and classical compositions, counterbalanced for order effects. The new age and classical selections were of similar tempo and complexity. The control group received two relaxation periods, of a comparable length to the music presented to the experimental group. The 7/24 Spatial Recall Test was used to measure visuospatial memory. The measure was administered to each participant immediately after exposure to the music …
Religion And Coping With Chronic Illness: A Comparison Of Rural And Urban Communities, Christina Mullins
Religion And Coping With Chronic Illness: A Comparison Of Rural And Urban Communities, Christina Mullins
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
This study compared 45 rural and urban families in their use of religion as a means of coping with the stress of a chronically ill child. Parents reported no differences between their actual use of religion as a means of coping. However, urban families were more likely to believe they should turn to their clergy for emotional support.