Turkish adolescents' attitudes toward physical education
Perceptual and Motor Skills, vol.111, no.2, pp.324-332, 2010 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 111 Issue: 2
- Publication Date: 2010
- Doi Number: 10.2466/06.07.11.13.pms.111.5.324-332
- Journal Name: Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.324-332
- Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
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 non sports participants. Findings were similar regardless of the teacher's sex. © Perceptual and Motor Skills 2010.