"Come Together, Right Now": Bringing Generations Together through Dance
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  • Release Date: 2024-09-29
  • dance
  • intergenerational interventions
  • openness to experience
  • social bonding
  • synchrony
  • aging
  • group processes
Chapter
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Introduction
01:04
The Main Measurement of the Study
01:31
Materials and Methods
02:09
Results
03:15
Conclusion
Video Introduction

This video is adapted from 10.3390/bs14070607

To examine the effect of synchronous dance movements on social bonding and perceived closeness between generations, 168 young (20–45 years) and older (65–90 years) participants were randomly assigned to six dyad conditions. These included dancing synchronously or asynchronously with an in-age-group or out-age-group unfamiliar partner for 11 min. The participants then completed social bonding and group closeness questionnaires. To assess variation across individuals’ and dyads’ measurements, a generalized estimating equation modeling analysis was conducted. In line with the hypotheses, synchronized dancing increased social bonding, and young adults showed an enhanced perception of closeness between generations. The hypothesis that synchronous dancing with out-age-group members would foster greater perceived closeness compared to in-age-group members was not confirmed. Surprisingly, the results indicated that asynchronous movements with the in-age-group led to a higher degree of closeness between generations than asynchronous movements with the out-age-group. Avenues for future studies on the mechanisms by which intergenerational dance fosters intergenerational bonding and closeness are discussed.

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Suberry, A.; Bodner, E. "Come Together, Right Now": Bringing Generations Together through Dance. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/1376 (accessed on 13 October 2024).
Suberry A, Bodner E. "Come Together, Right Now": Bringing Generations Together through Dance. Encyclopedia. Available at: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/1376. Accessed October 13, 2024.
Suberry, Assaf, Ehud Bodner. ""Come Together, Right Now": Bringing Generations Together through Dance" Encyclopedia, https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/1376 (accessed October 13, 2024).
Suberry, A., & Bodner, E. (2024, September 29). "Come Together, Right Now": Bringing Generations Together through Dance. In Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/1376
Suberry, Assaf and Ehud Bodner. ""Come Together, Right Now": Bringing Generations Together through Dance." Encyclopedia. Web. 29 September, 2024.
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