Attitudes toward Physical Education of Male Students Entering the University of Oregon

Abstract The purpose of this study was to measure the attitude toward physical education of all male, lower division students entering the University of Oregon in September 1960. The Wear Attitude Inventory, Short Form A, was the instrument used. The results indicated that, as a group, these students had a rather favorable attitude toward physical education. In comparing the mean score of this group with the means reported for two somewhat similar groups, the Oregon students' score was significantly higher. In comparing various subgroups, the following conclusions were made: athletes have better attitudes than non-athletes, the more years of physical education a student has had in high school the better his attitude is likely to be, and students who attended smaller high schools (enrollment under 300) have better attitudes than those from larger schools.