Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating roles of emotions in the relationship between mindfulness and mental health among dance students. Methods: Participants were 683 university dance students (73 males, 610 females). One-way MANOVA, structural equation modeling, and multi-group analysis were conducted for the data. Results: Results of MANOVA showed that there was no differences in the level of mindfulness across dance types, but students with high in dance career was higher in attention and acceptance traits than those with low career. The results of structural equation modeling indicated that the fit of the alternative model influencing mindfulness on students' mental health through emotions was more adequate than a theoretical model. That is, dance students' positive and negative emotions partially mediated the relationship between mindfulness and mental health. The results of multi-group analysis showed that each of the direct effects in the model was invariant across dance careers. Conclusion: These findings imply that dance students' abilities being aware of experiences at present, orienting its acceptable attitude, and regulating their attention are important to enhance their mental health, especially decreasing the impact of negative experiences on it.

I. 서 론
 Ⅱ. 연구방법
  1. 연구대상
  2. 측정도구
  3. 연구절차
  4. 자료분석
 Ⅲ. 결 과
  1. 기술통계
  2. 측정모형 평가
  3. 구조모형 평가
  4. 무용경력 간 다집단 분석
 Ⅳ. 논의 및 결론
 참고문헌

• 박준희(조선대학교 무용학과) | Jun-Hee Park (Department of Dance, Chosun University) Corresponding author