Differences between Gender, Age, Attitudes and Intentions among University Students on their Future Student Postgraduate Greek Music and Dance Participation within the Hellenic Open University

Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate any possible relations between gender, age, attitudes and intention among Greek University students, on their future postgraduate Greek music and dance participation, within the University.  The sample consisted of 320 students (210 female, 110 male) between the ages of 18 up to 50.  The instrument that was used was the Greek version (Theodorakis, 1994) of the “Planned Behavior Theory Questionnaire” (Ajzen & Madden, 1986).  It included 10 items, 6 for the variable of “Attitudes” and 4 for the variable of “Intentions”.  The results revealed high internal consistency among them.  Also, gender differences were noticed, were women had higher scores than men on both variables.  Overall, the study indicated the usefulness of the specific instrument on the investigation of students’ future attitudes and intentions and that women are the major “component” of a post graduate program on music and dance.