Psychological Effects of Appreciation of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean Traditional Dances Analysis by Text Mining

Abstract

This study conducted a survey for undergraduates in order to clarify psychological effects of appreciation of traditional Japanese, Chinese, and Korean dances. A web-based questionnaire was used for the survey, and the participants were asked to answer free-response questions after watching videos of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean dance works. As a result of the survey, we obtained free-description answers regarding the impressions received from the dances, the changes in psychological state through the appreciation, and the physical movements and expressions that attracted attention. The obtained answers were analyzed using text mining techniques, and the psychological effects of traditional dances of each country were discussed by comparing the results of the analysis among different dances.