Analysis of attitudes of students attending secondary education institutions towards physical education and sports according to various variables

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the attitudes of students in secondary education institutions towards physical education and sports according to various variables. In this quantitative study, a survey model was used. The study group consists of students in secondary education institutions affiliated to the Ministry of National Education. The sampling group, which was determined by convenient sampling method, consists of 387 people in total, 174 girls and 213 boys. In the first part of the measurement tool consisting of two parts; there is a personal information form that includes questions about the demographic information of the participants such as gender, licensed sports status, participation in school sports, income and class. The second part involves the Attitude Scale on Physical Education and Sports (BESITO) developed by Deliceoğlu (2018) to measure the participants' attitudes towards physical education and sports. Normality tests were applied to the data obtained and it was assumed that the data showed normal distribution since Skewness and Kurtisos values were between -2 and +2. Later, independent sample (T-Test) and one-way variance (One-Way ANOVA) tests were applied. Welch values were taken into consideration for the data that did not show homogeneity in the One-Way ANOVA test, and Tukey HSD test, one of the Post Hoc tests, was applied as the second step test. The results obtained were evaluated at 0.05 significance level. While no significant difference was found depending on gender and income variables, a significant difference was found in the behavioural sub-dimension depending on the variable of being a licensed athlete. A statistically significant difference was found in both behavioural and Besito total scores according to participation in school sports. Finally, a statistically significant difference was found in the affective sub-dimension depending on the class variable. As a result, in the study in which we examined the attitudes of students in secondary education institutions towards physical education and sports, it was concluded that students' attitude scores may differ according to various variables.