Assessing Attitude Towards Physical Education Among Students By Using A Previously Validated Instrument

The study purpose was to assess attitude towards physical education among students by using apreviously validated instrument. The participants included males and females of classes 7 = 113, 8 = 100, 9 = 68, 10 = 72. Considering the instrument in total attitude scores, a two-way ANOVA was applied and considering the instrument in subscales, a two-way MANOVA was applied. Considering in total attitude scores of the instrument, descriptive statistics revealed that all the classes had favorable attitude towards physical education regardless of gender and with regard to gender. Two-way ANOVA indicated that there were no statistically significant differences across classes, among gender and interaction of class and gender on the total attitude scores of the instrument. Considering in subscales of the instrument, descriptive statistics revealed that all the classes indicated a favorable attitude on each of the subscales regardless of gender and with regard to gender. Two-way MANOVA indicated that there were no statistically significant differences across classes, among gender and interaction of class and gender on each of the subscales of the instrument. Although, previous studies indicated that attitude towards physical education decreases with respect to increase in class however, based on the findings in this study, we did not find as such. The reason could be attributed to a possible positive experiences felt by the students in physical education class leading to formation of positive salient behavioral beliefs and hence positive or favorable attitude towards physical education.