Impact of college students' attitudes on their engagement in sports activities

Abstract

Attitude is a mental and emotional disposition or perspective that shapes a person's feelings, thoughts, and behaviors toward a particular person, thing, situation, or concept. It can be positive, negative, or neutral, and it plays a significant role in guiding human behavior. For this study, 20 subjects were selected, and further, it is subdivided into two groups: the experimental group (10 subjects) and the control group (10 subjects). Based on expert opinion and personal understanding, the standard Sonstroem Physical Estimation and Attraction Scale (PEAS) questionnaire was used. The investigator tried to get a reflection of the attitude of urban and rural students towards sports participation in Birbhum, South 24 Parganas, Burdwan, Nadia, and Medinipur. To find the impact of college students attitudes on their engagement in sports activities, the data was examined by applying the analysis of a paired T-test. The level of significance to test the hypothesis was set at 0.05. Data analysis shows that there was a significant difference between the pre- and post-tests of the impact of college students' attitudes on their engagement in sports activities in the experimental group, as the calculated t-ratio of 5.77 was greater than the tabulated t-value of 2.10. Thus it can be said that there was significant effect of nine (9) weeks of sports activities program on attitude.