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The purpose of this study was twofold: to investigate (a) the relationship between strength and attitudes toward physical education among 200 college women, and (b) strength in relation to two groups of women whose stated responses toward physical activity were extremes of high or low. Women enrolled in physical education classes at Michigan State University expressed a very favorable attitude toward physical education as an activity course as measured by the Wear Inventory. The validity and reliability findings of this study approximate findings of previously reported studies. Significant correlations were found between strength (hand grip, back lift, pull, push measures) with scores on Wear's Inventory, Self-Rating Scale, and the three questions used in his validity study; although the relationships were low. Back strength showed the highest relationship with all attitude measures. Number of years of participation in high school physical education was not related to the strength measures, Wear'... |
