title: Attitudes toward physical education and class preferences of Turkish adolescents in terms of school gender composition.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine attitudes toward physical education (PE and PE class preferences of high school Turkish students in terms of school gender composition; 213 girls and 249 boys from coeducational public schools, and 196 girls and 210 boys from single-sex vocational schools participated in the study. The Attitudes Toward Physical Education Scale was administered and the results of 2 x 2 (Gender x School Type) ANOVA indicated that students in coeducational schools in general, and boys had more favorable attitudes. Additionally, chi-square analysis demonstrated significant differences in PE class preferences between students from single-sex and coeducational schools and between girls and boys.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sport Sciences, Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey. canank@baskent.edu.tr
authors.forename: Canan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koca
authors.forename: F Hülya
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Aşçi
authors.forename: Giyasettin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Demirhan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D012574:Schools; D012649:Self Concept; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey