Level of Fear Degree Resulting from the Learning of Basic Swimming Skills and Its Relationship with Gender among Physical Education Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of Khadoristudents towards participation in physical activities. Furthermore, determine the differences in these attitudes according to education program, section, specialization, academic level, living place and social status. To achieve that, the researchers usedthe questionnaire as the instrument of this study, and which was applied on purpose sample of (96) female students. A modified questionnaire was applied from (Abdullah, 2012) scale to measure the trend towards exercise. After data collection, SPSS was used to analyze the results, and the results revealed low positive attitudes as the percentage of response for the total score was (64.4%), The results also indicated that there were no significant differences in students attitudes due to education program, section, specialization, academic level, living place and social status. The researcher recommends to investing and reinforce students' attitudes towards physical activities.