Volume : VI, Issue : VI, June - 2017

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ATTITUDE OF COLLEGE STUDENTS IN KERALA STATE, INDIA A GENDER WISE SURVEY

Mahesh. K. V, Dr. Pt. Joseph

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 The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitude of college students in Kerala state towards physical activity. This questionnaire study sample consisted of 2500 degree college students comprising 1145 male and 1355 female students aged between 18 to 21 years. The subjects were randomly selected from different colleges of the entire 14 districts of Kerala state. A 56 items Likerts Type five points scale ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree, measuring Attitude towards Physical Activities was developed with the help of experts in sports psychology and sociology. Validation and reliability studies were done through pilot studies on 56 item scale. The Cronbach alpha for the scale was obtained as .90. Descriptive statistics and t ratio were analyzed by SPSS 2016. Results: Male students exhibited a positive attitude towards physical activity and female students showed neutral attitude towards physical activity.

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Mahesh. K.V, Dr. PT. Joseph, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ATTITUDE OF COLLEGE STUDENTS IN KERALA STATE, INDIA A GENDER WISE SURVEY, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : VOLUME-6 | ISSUE-6 | JUNE-2017

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