Extreme Attitudes toward Physical Education

Abstract

Abstract The purpose of this study was to analyze stated attitude responses and selected descriptive information in relation to two groups of men and women who demonstrated extreme attitudes toward physical education. From an original group of 266 subjects, 69 men and women were selected whose scores on the Wear Physical Education Attitude Inventory were extremes of high or low. Additional data were obtained through a group interview questionnaire. There were no male-female differences within the extreme groups. The low groups offered some minimum support for the outcomes of physical education, but they vigorously questioned the relative value of physical education as a school program. There was no evidence to indicate that negative attitudes were related to non-participation.