The Comparison of Wellness Levels between Individuals Participating and Nonparticipating in Recreational Latin Dancing

AbstractThe aim of this study is to make a wellness level comparison between individuals who joined Latin Dance activity as Salsa at least 3 months and individuals who did not join any dancing activity. The data was collected through the “Perceived Wellness Survey” questionnaire developed by Adams, Bezner and Steinhardt (1997). The reliability and solidity of the questionnaire's Turkish version was analyzed by Memnun (2006). The current count of registered Salsa course attendee who danced at least 3 months in Edirne City Center is 35. 14 female and 11 male total 25 active salsa dancing individuals aged between 18-32 and, 40 female, 22 male total 62 individuals who didnot participate any dancing activity and aged between 18-22 joined this survey. The test is reliable according to Cronbach's Alpha (α=0,857). The results have shown that the mean of wellness level of dancing individuals is 15,51 and it is greater the other individuals’ wellness level value but there isn’t any significant difference between groups according to the Independent Sample T Test (p=0,70