Investigation of Physical Literacy Attitudes of Secondary School Students

This study was conducted to examine the physical literacy attitudes of secondary school students. The study group of the research consisted of 458 secondary school students who continued their education in the Balçova district of Izmir province in the 2023-2024 academic year, and who were selected by simple random sampling. "Personal information form" and "Physical literacy attitude scale for secondary school students" were used as data collection tools. Information about the participants' gender, age, grade, and participation in school sports teams was obtained through the personal information form. The 5-point Likert type "Physical Literacy Attitude Scale for Secondary School Students," consisting of 34 items developed by Özgül, Semiz and Kangalgil (2023) was used. Since the data showed normal distribution, an independent samples t-test was used to analyze gender, and school sports participation variables, and a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to analyze age and grade level variables. The statistical significance level was accepted as p<0.05. When the results are examined, male students' physical literacy attitudes are higher than female students'. The physical literacy attitudes of 11-year-old students were higher than those of 13-year-old students. The physical literacy attitudes of 5th grade students were higher than those of 7th grade students. The physical literacy attitudes of students in the school team were higher than those of students who were not.