2003 Long-term Study

In 2003 Saint Joseph Ballet decided to lay the foundation for a long-term study that would compare Saint Joseph Ballet students’ sense of “self-concept”, (a learned response pattern that reflects an individual’s evaluation of past behaviors and experiences, and predicts future behaviors), to national norms.

This study will also aid in long-term strategic planning and resource allocation by measuring, over a period of several years, whether there is a correlation between positive self-concept and students’ patterns of program participation. (This would be done by merging survey data with resource usage data.)

The baseline study was implemented in the fall of 2003.  As in the 1998 study, survey results indicated:

• Saint Joseph Ballet students exceed the national norm in all six dimensions of self-concept
• A positive correlation between length of time at Saint Joseph Ballet and four of the six dimensions measured.