Drum corps is a marching arts (MA) activity that combines movement, music, and visual performance. Education in the MA emphasizes performance, endurance, and group cohesion. However, research on the psychosocial effects of participation in MA education is rare. In the current study, we measured resilience, self-efficacy, goal orientation, and flow, over the course of a season of drum corps, hypothesizing significant change in these constructs. A total of 74 young men (M_age = 19.16) from a world-class drum corps participated in an online longitudinal study involving five surveys with repeated measures across their 2017 competitive marching season. We found a statistically significant curvilinear change over time in general self-efficacy, marching self-efficacy, mastery goal orientation, and flow, but no pattern of change in ego goal orientation. The pattern of change was similar for all outcomes: participants first declined, and then rebounded up, but only some outcomes returned to baseline or higher levels. Findings may inform MA participants and educators about dynamic psychosocial change throughout a season for which they should be prepared, as well as future research on MA.

鼓队是一项结合了动作、音乐和视觉表演的行进艺术 (MA) 活动。MA 的教育强调表现、耐力和团队凝聚力。然而，关于参与 MA 教育的心理社会影响的研究很少。在当前的研究中，我们在鼓队的一个赛季的过程中测量了弹性、自我效能、目标导向和流动，假设这些结构发生了重大变化。共 74 名年轻男性（M_年龄 = 19.16）来自世界一流的鼓队参加了一项在线纵向研究，该研究涉及在 2017 年竞争性行军赛季中重复测量的五项调查。我们发现随着时间的推移，一般自我效能感、行进自我效能感、掌握目标导向和心流出现统计学上显着的曲线变化，但自我目标导向没有变化模式。所有结果的变化模式都是相似的：参与者先下降，然后反弹，但只有一些结果恢复到基线或更高水平。调查结果可能会告知 MA 参与者和教育者他们应该准备的整个季节的动态社会心理变化，以及未来对 MA 的研究。