Master's Theses

Department

Health and Human Performance

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Abstract

It was the intent of this researcher to investigate the effects including a physical activity component in a university-required personal wellness course had on attitudes toward physical activity and exercises. The study included two groups: 1) an experimental group of students enrolled in a personal wellness course in which there was a physical activity requirement; and 2) a control group of students enrolled in a personal wellness course in which there was no physical activity requirement. The Corbin Attitude Test served as the dependent variable (Appendix B). All subjects were pretested and post-tested using the Corbin Attitude Test. The students in the experimental group were exposed to an additional physical activity requirement to their university-required personal wellness course. The physical activity component required the students to exercise at least twice per week at a perceived exertion level of four or above on the modified one to ten scale (Appendix C). Students in the control group were only required to complete the university-required personal wellness course which did not require a physical activity component. The effects of the physical activity component on students’ attitudes and the comparison of genders were analyzed using eight independent T-tests with the physical activity component serving as the independent variable. The analysis of the data showed no significant gain or decline in six of the eight independent T-tests. However, the control group which did not receive the physical activity component showed significant improvement from pretest to post-test. The data also showed a significant difference in males’ attitudes pretest compared to post-test toward physical activity and exercise.

Keywords

Attitude, Students, Mental states, t-test (Statistics), Analysis, Exercise, Fort Hays State University, Ellis County (Kan.)

Advisor

Dr. Jeff Burnett

Date of Award

Summer 2006

Document Type

Thesis - campus only access

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