The square dance of Chinese aunts is a hot topic of the society. The research focuses on the status quo of the psychological empowerment (PE) of square dance in five districts of Shanghai so as to uncover the measures for testing sport empowerment. It pays attention to the influence of self-cognition, self-efficacy and social intercourse under the background of square dance in community-organization. 144 square dance enthusiasts in five districts of Shanghai were interviewed. And according to the principle of field sampling, the survey was conducted by the means of questionnaire combining field investigation and online survey at the different places of community square, urban square, vacant space beside the roads, public parks and cultural centers of the neighborhoods and communities. That was the first time in China to use empirical method to measure sport empowerment. The result shows that square dance itself inspires the process of empowerment. And the longer the square dance practiced, the higher the self-efficacy of the enthusiasts achieve. At the different places for square dance, the group identification of the square dance enthusiasts is different. |