Positive Physiological And Psychological Impacts For The Elderly On Participating Chorus

With the rapid arrival of China’s aging phenomenon of society, the living, physical and psychological health problems of the elderly gradually become concerns of the community, moreover a research hotspot for experts and academics. Researches both at home and abroad have been carried out on the spiritual life of the older age groups, a considerable amount of which is about older people participating cultural and recreational activities which are beneficial for their physical and mental health.Older people normally participate in music activities in the forms of chorus, singing and dancing in order to achieve physical fitness, refine temperament, regulate moods and express feelings. This thesis focused mainly on the elderly’s physiological characteristics, psychological characteristics, living conditions, impacts on the elderly’s physiological and psychological characteristics by participating in the elderly chorus, and recommendations on how to cultivate healthy psychological qualities of the elderly. The research purpose is to help the elderly to appreciate music and participate in the performance and creation of choral art according to their living conditions, to communicate with people by participation in choral activities, to obtain abilities and approval delight in choral practice, to acquire the perception of spiritual sublimation and soul transcending to improve varies negative feeling through chorus learning. And to apply the therapy, entertainment and education functions of music to consulate the elderly spiritually in the rich modality of the chorus, to help the establishment of "worthiness" values, to adapt and adjust psychologically, to form a positive, cheerful and healthy mental statement, to improve the elderly’s sense of self-existence, sense of self-worth, sense of self-happiness, to promote the mental and physical health of the elderly, and to improve the quality of the elderly’s life.On writing this thesis, the author mainly targeted on the research and analysis of the physical and psychological impact of the elderly joining a chorus, hence providing some immature recommendations. The research results are based on author’s experience of learning vocality and observing, understanding, participating regularly in the activities of elderly chorus practice. Furthermore, they are the collation and summary of thinking after theoretical learning and personal practice, and hence have a certain degree of practice exploratory value. However, merely literature review and in-depth interviews are not sufficient to fully analyze the deep meaning of the elderly choral art. Therefore the author hopes that the survey and research results of this thesis would give rise to more interdisciplinary expression of theoretical viewpoints combining medicine, psychology, education and other related disciplines from music researchers, and contribute to the theoretical study of the elderly choral art exploratory.