The article raises the question of the psychological component of dance activity. The theoretical and empirical analysis of the study of aggressiveness of dancers (women) "competitive" and "non-competitive" in two age groups from 21 to 30 years (young) and from 31 to 55 years (adults) is presented. The aim of the study is to study aggressiveness and its manifestations in "competitive" and "non-competitive" groups. Empirical material was collected with the help of: A. Bass - A. Darka questionnaire; the questionnaire "Personal aggressiveness and conflict" by E.P. Ilyin and P.A. Kovalev; Individual-typological questionnaire L. Sobchik. It was possible to identify the features of aggressiveness in the selected groups. Young "competitive" dancers are characterized by higher aggressiveness, more persistent, confident in their decisions and ready to defend them than "non-competitive" ones. "Uncompetitive" young dancers are less aggressive, but uncompromising. Adult "competitive" dancers turned out to be less aggressive than adult "non-competitive" ones. Adult "non-competitive" dancers have more pronounced aggressiveness, hot-tempered, less compliant and intolerant, often use verbal aggression
aggressiveness, personality, dancer, competition, competitions
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