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• W178491126 abstract "A professional career in dance can be challenging, with training commitments often from a young age, years of physically exacting work, and, in the latter career stages for some dancers, the struggle to preserve physical abilities in an effort to maintain performance roles. Yet, there is scant empirical knowledge of the degree to which the pursuit of a dance career relates to dancers' psychological and career development across the life-span. The present research, comprising three studies, investigated dance performers' identification with the dancer role and their career development prior to, during, and following a professional dance career.In Study 1, elite dance students (n = 134) from a number of Australian states completed measures of dancer identity, identity development, career maturity, and five-factor personality. In contrast to expectations derived from similar research on young athletes, a strong dancer identity was not maladaptive to dance students' ego identity formation or career development. In particular, identification with the dancer role was beneficial to young dancers' identity formation, with high investment in the dancer persona related to the formation of an achieved identity and related inversely to identity foreclosure. Students with heavy dance training commitments were not at risk of attenuated career exploration or planning, however, these dancers tended to have low identity achievement scores. Dance students did not differ from their peers (223 tertiary students) on career maturity measures and were equally likely to have formed an identity, suggesting that dancers may adapt to associated environmental constraints and reduced exploration opportunities.In a second study, 98 professional dancers completed measures of dancer identity, career stage concerns, career change confidence, career goal achievement, career planning, and personality. A stronger dancer identity was associated with concerns typifying the career establishment stage, whereas concern for separation from a dance career (representing the disengagement stage) was related to less self-definition as a dancer. The latter finding may auger well for dancers' subsequent dance career transition adaptation, given that a weaker dancer identity was a significant predictor of dancers' confidence to adjust successfully to a hypothetical prospective career change :from dance. Career goal attainment and career planning did not predict career change confidence. Dancers embarking on a career transition were more concerned than individuals not leaving dance with issues related to not only the disengagement stage, but also the career exploration stage, thereby demonstrating their career adaptability. Dancers not intent on a career change displayed more concern for establishing and maintaining their career positions than other dancers. Thus, dancers in the middle of their careers may fail to anticipate future career events associated with the time-limited nature of a dance career.An interview-based methodology was employed in Study 3 to elaborate key findings from the first two quantitative studies. Responses :from 15 former professional dancers indicated that dancers may attempt to mitigate the impact of a strong dancer identity on the quality of their career transition by a variety of processes including conscious detachment :from their dancer role. The timing of the career transition, precursors to career cessation, and intended post-transition career direction may further influence dancers' divestment of their dancer role prior to transition. An association between dancer identity salience and transition adjustment was evident for the majority of dancers; however, less identification with dance was neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition in determining the quality of transition adaptation.Instead, a number of factors mediated this relationship such as additional life-roles, social support, and challenges associated with transition. Career planning throughout a dance career appears challenging due to the interplay of contextual, social, and individual factors. Consequently, a number of recommendations were made to enhance dancers' career development. Finally, beneficial outcomes from dance career transition were identified, with positive gains not confined to dancers who experienced a smooth transition." @default.
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• W178491126 title "Life-span developmental perspectives of the professional dance career" @default.
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