Sociodemographic Characteristics of Serbian Water Polo Women Players

Milenković, Zoran; Ilić, Jelena

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“…A special hindrance for these two sports, and for water polo most of all, is the lack of female role models for girls (Vujović et al, 2017;Sanader, 2021). Unlike male water polo, which is the most successful Serbian sport, along with basketball (Ilić & Ljubojević, 2011;Milenković & Ilić, 2013;Sari et al, 2013), women's competitions barely number 100 female participants. Boys would prefer to take part in aikido, cycling, judo, soccer, basketball, table tennis, archery, and water polo, while girls would prefer to participate in athletics, aerobics, badminton, fitness, gymnastics, volleyball, swimming, rhythmic gymnastics, handball, synchronised swimming, sports dance, and tennis.…”

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Gender as А Determinant of Parents and Children’s Attitudes Toward the Inclusion of Sports Branches Into the Elementary School Curriculum

Petrović

Momčilović

Pelemiš

2023

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In Serbia’s elementary schools, physical education is an obligatory course from the very beginning of education. This is why schools and academic staff can use their authority and behaviour to promote a healthy lifestyle among children. Parents, who are the models of good behaviour, opinions, and attitudes, likewise participate in the promotion of a healthy lifestyle among children. Thus, so as to ensure that the process of building healthy habits and an active lifestyles is as successful as possible, it is important to bear in mind the interests and preferences of both groups, as well as their gender differences. The research sample included 8002 schoolchildren in their fifth year of education, and 5768 parents. The independent variables were gender and participation in sport, and the dependent variables were 27 sport activities. The data was processed using non-parametric statistics, χ² and crosstabs. The results show that soccer, basketball, swimming and volleyball are the sports which schoolchildren most like to participate in, and which parents prefer for their children. In terms of the choice of sport, significant differences were determined between the boys and the girls, as well as between the mothers and the fathers.

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