title: Empathy, self-esteem and creativity among junior ballet dancers.
abstract: 62 junior ballet dancers from the Finnish National Opera (44 girls, 18 boys, ages 9 to 17 yr.) completed the Battle Self-esteem Inventory Form B or AD, the Tennessee Self-concept Scale, 2 factors from Coopersmith's Self-esteem Inventory, 10 items from Rosenberg's scale, the modified Mehrabian and Epstein Empathy Scale, a questionnaire on hobbies, the Rorschach and the Figural B Form of Torrance's creativity test. Analysis showed dancers trained 4-5 nights/week, tended to have creative hobbies, were more empathetic and sensitive (especially girls) than controls. Dancers had higher self-esteem than the normative sample.
authors.affiliation: University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Psychology, Finland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kalliopuska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003405:Creativity; D003615:Dancing / Q000523:psychology*; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D010556:Personality Tests; D012649:Self Concept