Building a measure of preparatory school students’ attitudes toward practicing sports activities

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of Sports Psychology, Faculty of Physical Education, Beni Suef University

2 Department of Sports Psychology - Faculty of Physical Education - Beni Suef University

Abstract

The current research aims to shed light on the concept of sports activities, the concept of practicing sports activities, and a presentation of some previous Arab and foreign studies that touched on the subject of trends in practicing sports activities, and then constructing a measure of the attitudes of middle school students towards practicing sports activities. The researchers used the descriptive approach, and a sample was formed. The research included (264) male and female middle school students for the academic year 2024 AD. The results reached the conclusion of (7) dimensions representing the factors extracted for a scale of middle school students’ attitudes towards practicing sports activities, all of which have a high degree of validity and reliability, namely (the trend towards sports activity as a social experience - The trend towards sports activity for competition and excellence - The trend towards sports activity for health and fitness - The trend towards sports activity as an aesthetic experience and motor expression - The trend towards sports activity in the scientific academic field - The trend towards sports activity in the psychological field - The trend towards sports activity to preserve the sports ethical charter .

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