Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate how the unique partnership of Dancesport develops, what are its key factors, and to specify the concepts derived from the process of development. Methods: To collect data, in-depth interviews were conducted with 6 pairs of national competition champions who have more than 5 years of partnership experience and who are registered in the Korean Federation of Dancesport. The data collected from the interviews were analyzed by Triangulation in open coding, axis coding, and selection coding according to Grounded Theory methodology. Results: With coding, 66 concepts, 17 subcategories and 6 upper categories were found. These were categorized and structured. When analyzing the results, first, the participants met their partners and ‘shared goal consciousness’ each other. Second, by accumulating various positive experiences, they built four types of strong ‘trust’. Third, ‘behavior of trust maintenance’ was influenced by various stimulations, both positively and negatively. Finally, a ‘harmonization’ of partnerships developed. Conclusion: Several of the concepts investigated were found to exist multidimensionally as the process of partnership developed over time. We suggest that a theoretical verification for the process of developing partnership is needed.

I. 서 론
 Ⅱ. 연구방법
  1. 연구 참여자
  2. 연구 설계
  3. 자료수집
  4. 자료분석
  5. 자료의 진실성
 Ⅲ. 결 과
  1. 댄스스포츠 파트너십 발달과정 결과 :근거이론적 접근
 Ⅳ. 논의
 참고문헌

• 육인성(인천대학교) | In-Seong Yuk (Incheon National University)
• 성창훈(인천대학교) | Chang-Hoon Seong (Incheon National University) Corresponding author