I have narrowed my scope and I'm ready to write! My research article will be about how dance is a tool for therapeutic expression for the reduction of anxiety. Here is my plan on how I will set it up:
Section 1: What is Anxiety
Anxiety in a general sense
Misconceptions about anxiety
Other treatments used
Section 2: How dance can be used to calm anxiety
Dance through the lens of therapy
Studies done on dance used for anxiety therapy sessions
Section 3: How dance can express the struggles and release those emotions on the path to healing
Accounts of how dance helped people suffering with anxiety
How choreographers use dance as a release for anxiety and other complicated emotions
How dancers use dance as a release for anxiety and other complicated emotions
This may get altered as I discover more in my research but this is my current plan.
Keep checking back to see when I get it published!
This seems like a pretty good outline to me. You might end up needing more focus, but for now the focus seems appropriate. You won't really know until you dig into the writing, however, so trust your instincts as you work on it. Keep asking yourself the questions "how?" and "why?" about your claims.