Examining the Relationship between Students' Attitudes toward Physical Education and their Belonging to School

• Published in: Journal of education and future no. 28; pp. 55 - 68
• Main Authors: Yapıcı, Emre Caner, Küçük, Veysel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ankara Nesibe Aydin Education Institutio 01.01.2025
• Subjects: Administrative Principles; Attitudes; Correlation; Critical Thinking; Cultural Traits; Data Analysis; Data collection; Descriptive research; Emotions; Exercise; Fundamental Concepts; Happiness; High School Students; Interpersonal Relationship; Learning Activities; Measurement Techniques; Physical education; Place of Residence; Positive Attitudes; Regression (Statistics); Regression analysis; Research design; School Administration; School Readiness; Secondary school students; Secondary schools; Social Environment; Sport Psychology; Student Attitudes; Teacher Administrator Relationship; Teaching; United States > US; Georgia
• ISSN: 2146-8249
• DOI: 10.30786/jef.1435225

This research aims to explore how the attitudes of secondary and high school students toward physical education correlate with their sense of belonging to both their school and their local community. This research sample comprised 1,102 students, with 490 being female and 612 being male. It was determined that the data obtained showed a normal distribution. Thus, it was decided to conduct simple linear regression, ANOVA and Tukey analyses. A moderate correlation was detected between the attitude toward physical education and the sense of belonging to the school (p