Research Article

An Investigation of Dance Self-Efficacy and Attitudes Towards Dance of Students Taking and Not Taking Folk Dance Courses

Volume: 8 Number: 2 June 29, 2025
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An Investigation of Dance Self-Efficacy and Attitudes Towards Dance of Students Taking and Not Taking Folk Dance Courses

Abstract

Purpose: Rhythm education and dance skills are important in ceremonies and demonstrations, festivals, festivals, and many areas of educational institutions and organizations. Especially in the field of sports sciences, folk dances, social dances, rhythm education, and dance courses are some of them. In this sense, the dance self-efficacy and attitudes towards dance of sports sciences students, who will educate and guide the future generation, are important. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the dance self-efficacy and attitudes toward dance of students taking folk dance courses. Method: The research is an experimental design study with a pretest-posttest group. The experimental group of the study consisted of a total of 24 students, 12 female, and 12 male, who were studying at Gazi University, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Department of Physical Education and Sports Teaching in the spring semester of the 2023-2024 academic year and had not taken folk dances course before. The control group consisted of a total of 24 students, 12 female and 12 male, studying in the same department of the same university, who did not take folk dance courses. “The Attitude Scale towards Dance” developed by Ayyıldız-Durhan (2019) and “Dance Self-Efficacy Scale” developed by Turan (2016) was used for data collection. In the analysis of the data, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was performed for the normality test of the variables, and the homogeneity of the sample was examined with the Levene test. Results: Frequency and percentage analyses were calculated in terms of the socio-demographic characteristics of the students of the Faculty of Sport Sciences participating in the study. In addition, the t-test and the One-way ANOVA test were used in the analyses. In addition, Eta square value was used to calculate the effect size of the independent variable on the dependent variable. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 25.0 package software was used to analyze and evaluate the data. According to the research findings, gender and perceived income status variables did not affect the dance self-efficacy and attitudes towards dance of the students who did and did not take folk dance courses. However, according to the post-test findings of the experimental group, it was noted that breathing training and the 12-week folk dance training program made a significant contribution to the development of students' dance self-efficacy and attitudes towards dance. Conclusion: As a result, it was found that the training programs prepared by taking into account the main and intermediate types of folk dances had a positive effect on self-efficacy and attitude.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Physical Training and Sports, Physical Training and Sports Pedagogy

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 29, 2025

Submission Date

May 9, 2025

Acceptance Date

June 27, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 8 Number: 2

APA
Kaya, D. G., Baydar Arıcan, H. Ö., Ayyıldız Durhan, T., Gökyürek, B., Kılıçarslan, F., & Yıldırım, H. (2025). An Investigation of Dance Self-Efficacy and Attitudes Towards Dance of Students Taking and Not Taking Folk Dance Courses. 8(2), 57-74. https://izlik.org/JA36GS64HM
AMA
1.Kaya DG, Baydar Arıcan HÖ, Ayyıldız Durhan T, Gökyürek B, Kılıçarslan F, Yıldırım H. An Investigation of Dance Self-Efficacy and Attitudes Towards Dance of Students Taking and Not Taking Folk Dance Courses. 2025;8(2):57-74. https://izlik.org/JA36GS64HM
Chicago
Kaya, Didem Gülçin, Hacer Özge Baydar Arıcan, Tebessüm Ayyıldız Durhan, Belgin Gökyürek, Ferhat Kılıçarslan, and Hikmet Yıldırım. 2025. An Investigation of Dance Self-Efficacy and Attitudes Towards Dance of Students Taking and Not Taking Folk Dance Courses. 8 (2): 57-74. https://izlik.org/JA36GS64HM.
EndNote
Kaya DG, Baydar Arıcan HÖ, Ayyıldız Durhan T, Gökyürek B, Kılıçarslan F, Yıldırım H (June 1, 2025) An Investigation of Dance Self-Efficacy and Attitudes Towards Dance of Students Taking and Not Taking Folk Dance Courses. 8 2 57–74.
IEEE
[1]D. G. Kaya, H. Ö. Baydar Arıcan, T. Ayyıldız Durhan, B. Gökyürek, F. Kılıçarslan, and H. Yıldırım, “An Investigation of Dance Self-Efficacy and Attitudes Towards Dance of Students Taking and Not Taking Folk Dance Courses”, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 57–74, June 2025, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA36GS64HM
ISNAD
Kaya, Didem Gülçin - Baydar Arıcan, Hacer Özge - Ayyıldız Durhan, Tebessüm - Gökyürek, Belgin - Kılıçarslan, Ferhat - Yıldırım, Hikmet. “An Investigation of Dance Self-Efficacy and Attitudes Towards Dance of Students Taking and Not Taking Folk Dance Courses” 8/2 (June 1, 2025): 57-74. https://izlik.org/JA36GS64HM.
JAMA
1.Kaya DG, Baydar Arıcan HÖ, Ayyıldız Durhan T, Gökyürek B, Kılıçarslan F, Yıldırım H. An Investigation of Dance Self-Efficacy and Attitudes Towards Dance of Students Taking and Not Taking Folk Dance Courses. 2025;8:57–74.
MLA
Kaya, Didem Gülçin, et al. An Investigation of Dance Self-Efficacy and Attitudes Towards Dance of Students Taking and Not Taking Folk Dance Courses. no. 2, June 2025, pp. 57-74, https://izlik.org/JA36GS64HM.
Vancouver
1.Didem Gülçin Kaya, Hacer Özge Baydar Arıcan, Tebessüm Ayyıldız Durhan, Belgin Gökyürek, Ferhat Kılıçarslan, Hikmet Yıldırım. An Investigation of Dance Self-Efficacy and Attitudes Towards Dance of Students Taking and Not Taking Folk Dance Courses [Internet]. Vols. 8. 2025 Jun. 1;8(2):57-74. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA36GS64HM

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