The Differences in School-Related Attitudes of Middle School Students in School Sports Club

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the difference of school attitude of middle school students participating in school sports club and to identify the necessity of school sports club activities. For this purpose, 520 middle school students who participated in school sports club and 485 middle school students who did not participate were selected as research participators. The difference in school attitude was analyzed by the presence of school sports club, participation period, the frequency of participation per week, and the number of participation in competitions. Collected data were statistically processed by using the SPSS 25.0 program. Exploratory frequency analysis, reliability analysis, t-test, one-way ANOVA were conducted and verified by the post hoc test. As a result, significant differences are as follows: First, all sub-factors of school attitude of middle school students showed differences as per their participation in school sports club. Second, all sub-factors of school attitude of middle school students showed differences as per the participation period of school sports club. Third, all sub-factors of school attitude of middle school students, except school friend factors showed differences as per the participation frequency of school sports club. Fourth, all sub-factors of school attitude of middle school showed differences as per the participation frequency of school sports club competitions. According to these results, the followings are concluded: First, school sports club policy should be established from a long-term perspective. Second, the number of school sports club competitions should be increased. This study is significant as an empirical data that participation in school sports club positively affects the formation of school attitudes of middle school students. 1