@Article{Mastura2012,
journal="Biology of Sport",
issn="0860-021X",
volume="29",
number="1",
year="2012",
title="Original paperEFFECT OF LOW-IMPACT AEROBIC DANCE
EXERCISE ON PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH
(STRESS) AMONG SEDENTARY WOMEN IN
MALAYSIA",
abstract="The present study investigated the effect of twelve weeks of low-impact aerobic dance exercise  intervention (“aero-mass” dance exercise) on psychological health (stress) among sedentary working women,  specifically in Malaysia. Sedentary participants (age range = 40 – 55 years; N = 40: BMI > 25) were randomly  assigned to two groups: an intervention treatment of “aero mass aerobic dancing” and conventional low-impact  aerobic dancing. Classes were held for 50 minutes, 3 days per week, for 12 weeks. Repeated measures were  examined at week 1, week 8 and week 12. Mixed repeated ANOVA revealed statistically significant time effects  for Total Stress Scores (p < 0.01) with eta square =0.59 (large effect) at week 8 and week 12. Furthermore,  the time by group interaction was also statistically significant for total stress score (p < 0.05) with eta square = 0.18  (large effect). In addition, the result for between-subject effects indicates significant F (1, 38)=7.74, p < 0.05,  eta = 0.17, and therefore there was a significant difference in the stress level scores in the intervention group  compared to the control group. Subjects of the intervention group, “aero mass aerobics dancing”, experienced  the most benefits.",
author="Mastura, J.
and Omar Fauzee, M.S.
and Bahaman, A.S.
and Rashid, S. Abd.
and Somchit, M.N.",
pages="63--69",
url="https://www.termedia.pl/Original-paper-EFFECT-OF-LOW-IMPACT-AEROBIC-DANCE-r-nEXERCISE-ON-PSYCHOLOGICAL-HEALTH-r-n-STRESS-AMONG-SEDENTARY-WOMEN-IN-r-nMALAYSIA,78,23375,1,1.html"
}