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Importance of intrinsic orientation among sport dancers.

The main purpose of the present research was to identify importance of intrinsic orientation among sport dancers by analyzing possible influence of intrinsic and/or extrinsic approaches on competitive rang, separately by gender. Secondly, differences between female and male dancers in years of dancing, hours danced (weekly), and musculoslceletal pain status were established. The investigation was conducted on the subject sample of 173 female and 200 male active sport dancers from all over the world and with international competitive experience. Data was collected with on-line questionnaires translated into eight world languages. To determine the type of motivation in sport. a questionnaire Task and Ego Orientation Sport Questionnaire (TEOSQ) was use. To define the proportions of pain status of 14 body regions. Self-Estimated Functional Inability because of Pain (SEFIP) questionnaire was used. For group of orientation profiles definition. Taxonomic analysis by K-means clustering was applied. In the clustering four groups of subiects were formed and intrinsic orientation was dominated. Low values of the extrinsic orientations were established. The results obtained (one-way MANOVA with the post-hoc Tukey's test) indicate significant differences in extrinsic orientation in advantage for female group, and not significant differences in intrinsic orientation between female and male dancers. According to regression analysis, only high ranged female dancers had significant correlations with extrinsic and intrinsic orientation. Intrinsic and extrinsic oriented subjects seem to provide a crucial element for the higher level of dance performance only among females.

Gender differences; on-line survey; high level competitors

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