Turkish Adolescents' Attitudes toward Physical Education

1,163 middle school students (586 girls, 577 boys; Grades 6–8) were selected through a stratified random sampling method to examine their attitudes toward physical education (PE) by grade, student's sex, sports participation characteristics, and teacher's sex. They were administered the At...

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Published in:Perceptual and motor skills 2010-10, Vol.111 (2), p.324-332
Main Authors: Hünük, Deniz, Demirhan, Giyasettin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Attitude to Health - ethnology
Attitudes
Child
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Discriminant analysis
Ethnic Groups - psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle school students
Physical education
Physical Education and Training
Physical fitness
Psychology, Adolescent
Sex Factors
Sports - psychology
Teenagers
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Summary:1,163 middle school students (586 girls, 577 boys; Grades 6–8) were selected through a stratified random sampling method to examine their attitudes toward physical education (PE) by grade, student's sex, sports participation characteristics, and teacher's sex. They were administered the Attitude Toward Physical Education Scale for Children. Factorial analysis of variance indicated that Grade 8 students' mean attitude scores were less positive than those of Grade 6 students, but the attitudes of boys and of sports participants were more positive than of girls and nonsports participants. Findings were similar regardless of the teacher's sex.
ISSN:0031-5125
1558-688X
DOI:10.2466/06.07.11.13.PMS.111.5.324-332