Relationship between Scores on the Wear Attitude Inventory and Selected Physical Fitness Scores

Abstract

Form A of the Wear Attitude Inventory, the 50-yard dash and the 600-yard run-walk, were administered to one randomly selected physical education class of eighth grade boys in each of six junior high schools to obtain a total of 240 scores. The group means compared favorably with previously reported values for each of the three variables. On the basis of correlation coefficients among the three variables, the conclusion was advanced that no significant relationship existed between attitudes toward physical education as measured by an attitude inventory and the ability to perform the selected physical fitness items.