Attitudes towards Body Expression in the field of Physical Education subject: A study with Compulsory Secondary Education students

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https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v0i41.83296

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Motivation, Physical Education, Attitudes, Body Expression, Inferential Analysis.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to carry out an investigation that analysed Attitudes towards Body Expression. To construct this study, there was a sample of 692 students belonging to the E.S.O, aged between 12 and 18 years. All of them belong to eight different high schools in the city of Valladolid. The instrument used was a questionnaire, the result of a previous work (Arias, Fernández & San Emeterio, 2020), made up by 32 items that addressed different factors (Assessment of the CE, Preference, Liking and Attitude of the teacher). After an inferential analysis we can highlight, as main results, the students’ attitude towards Corporal Expression, it will be influenced by the attitude they perceive in their teacher. The influence that the variables sex, age, grade and type of center may have with respect to the construct Attitude of students towards Body Expression was also analyzed. Result of the analysis, we highlight the correlation between the variables sex and type of center and said construct.

Author Biographies

José Roberto Arias García, Universidad Europea Miguel de Cervantes

profesor externo del departamento de matemáticas

Beatriz Fernández Díez

Professor at the Private University of the UEMC of the subjects of Sports History and Body Expression. Academic Secretary of the Faculty of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences of said university.

Rodrigo Valdés González

Graduated in Sciences of Physical Activity and Sports at UEMC University.

Master's in Secondary Education Teacher Training at UEMC University.

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2021-07-01

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Arias García, J. R., Fernández Díez, B., & Valdés González, R. (2021). Attitudes towards Body Expression in the field of Physical Education subject: A study with Compulsory Secondary Education students. Retos, 41, 596–608. https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v0i41.83296

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Vol. 41 (2021)

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Original Research Article

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