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Dance Psychology is the study of dance and dancers from a scientific, psychological, perspective.  The Dance Psychology Lab was set up in 2008 as a centre for teaching and research in the science of dance and dancers.

Peter Lovatt's Online Courses

What is Dance Psychology?

New Dance Psychology Lecture Series coming soon

Mental Skills for Dancers - an Introduction

£49 + tax

 

Learn online, at your own pace, in your own time.

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Mental Skills for Dancers - Motivation

£49 + tax

 

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Mental Skills for Dancers - Anxiety

£49 + tax

 

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Online Surveys and Quizzes

Dance Motivation Quiz

The purpose of the Dance Motivation Questionnaire is to help you think about your own motivations for dancing or performing. It is based on Hancox et al. (2015) and provides three scores for Autonomous, Controlled and Amotivation.

Dance Motivation Q

Emotional Intelligence

Take this short quiz to test your emotional intelligence. Get an overall emotional intelligence score plus scores for self-awareness, self-regulation, self-motivation, empathy and social skills.

Emotional Intelligence

PANAS - Mood Questionnaire

This quiz is based on the work of Watson, Clark, & Tellegen (1988).  Your task is to read twenty words and rate to what extent you feel these emotions. You get two scores, one for Positive Affect and one for Negative Affect.

Happiness and Sadness

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