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Attitudes toward dance and gender differences of kadets of military college.

Dance is often stereotypically categorized as "women's" sports' activity and as such, dance is not a favorite sports' activity among men. In regards to various transformational, educational and nurturing benefits that dance enables, the dance attitude of kadets (N=100) of the Military College was assesed. Kadets’ dance attitudes were assessed using dance attitude scale SPP (J. Vlašić, K. Bosnar, 2007 ; according to J. Vlašić, 2010). The scale consists of 20 items of both directions (positive and negative) with answers containing five grades. The answers are valorized using points from 1 to 5 in such way that the greater result indicates positive dance attitude. The overall, summarized result ranges from 20 to 100 points. To determine differences in dance attitudes between male and female kadets T-test for independet samples was used. Questionnaire showed different dance attitudes among genders. Positive dance attitude is a good prerequisite for dance activities' engagement, especially that of male individuals. Promotion of stereotypical female or male activities should move from examining attitudes towards such activities with a view to changing attitude in a positive direction.

military kadets, gender differrences, dance attitudes

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