Analysis of the values related to sports practice from the point of view of secondary school students

In this study, we first identified what values adolescents associated with their sports experiences. Then, we determined whether these values significantly vary according to variables of interest (such as gender and grade), whether the students practice sport on a regular basis and, finally, whether...

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Published in:Journal of Physical Education and Sport 2023-06, Vol.23 (6), p.1340-1349
Main Authors: Milla, Héctor López, García-Pascual, Fernando, Alguacil, Mario
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Behavior
Gender
Influence
Physical education
Schools
Secondary school students
Society
Teenagers
Values
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Summary:In this study, we first identified what values adolescents associated with their sports experiences. Then, we determined whether these values significantly vary according to variables of interest (such as gender and grade), whether the students practice sport on a regular basis and, finally, whether the sport they practice is individual or collective. A total of 142 secondary school students from a private school in the city of Valencia, Spain participated in this study. Of the total sample, 56.7% were girls. For data collection, a questionnaire was created, which collected the sociodemographic and sports practice data and asked the participants to respond to 30 items related to different values in sport in a positive and negative sense. The results show which values predominate in relation to sport from the students' point of view both in a positive sense (such as effort or fun) and in a negative sense (such as crushing the opponent). In the comparisons made, differences are observed according to the variables of gender, grade, sport practice and whether the sport practiced is individual or collective, which invites us to reflect on the values and their link to sport. This study is intended to provide information on the values associated with sports practice, which allows, first, to detect possible problems on which to act within the classroom and, second, to make such situations visible to encourage the physical education teachers to analyse the situations related to values, reinforce positive aspects and correct undesired values in the development of sporting activity.
ISSN:2247-8051
2247-806X
DOI:10.7752/jpes.2023.06164