Embodied Learning for Well-Being, Self-Awareness, and Stress Regulation: A Randomized Trial with Engineering Students Using a Mixed-Method Approach

Autor/inn/en	Rodríguez-Jiménez, Rosa-María; Carmona, Manuel; García-Merino, Sonia; Díaz-Ureña, Germán; Lara Bercial, Pedro J.
Titel	Embodied Learning for Well-Being, Self-Awareness, and Stress Regulation: A Randomized Trial with Engineering Students Using a Mixed-Method Approach
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 12 (2022), Artikel 111 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Rodríguez-Jiménez, Rosa-María) ORCID (Carmona, Manuel) ORCID (Díaz-Ureña, Germán) ORCID (Lara Bercial, Pedro J.)
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2227-7102
Schlagwörter	Well Being; Self Concept; Stress Management; Engineering Education; Metacognition; Therapy; Dance; Motion; Life Satisfaction; Human Body; Higher Education; Measures (Individuals); College Students; Satisfaction With Life Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Selbstkonzept; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Ingenieurausbildung; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Therapie; Tanz; Bewegungsablauf; Lebensvollendung; Menschlicher Körper; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Messdaten; Collegestudent
Abstract	The continuous changes in our society require adapted training that encompasses both technical and competency knowledge. There is a high level of demand, especially in areas such as engineering, which can affect the mental health of students, producing high levels of stress and psychological distress, hindering self-efficacy and academic performance. Embodied learning working on self-awareness, stress reduction and self-knowledge can help to generate healthier environments. Creative therapies can be a tool to promote the prevention of health problems in this group of the population. In particular, Dance Movement Therapy has demonstrated its effectiveness in improving health in clinical and non-clinical settings. In this work, a body awareness program based on Dance Movement Therapy is developed and implemented in engineering students. Through a mixed pre-post methodology, its impact is evaluated and analyzed in an experimental group of engineering students. Psychometric tests, physiological variables and reflective diaries are used as data sources. The results show that the experimental group, compared with the control group, increased their levels of body awareness and connectedness, well-being and life satisfaction and reduced their stress levels. The results were supported by cortisol measures. Likewise, the students acknowledged having increased their levels of self-awareness and self-knowledge and considered the inclusion of these bodily approaches in higher education to be necessary. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01