Investigation of the relationship between high school students' attitudes towards physical education and sports lessons and their levels of happiness

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between high school students' attitudes towards physical education and sports lessons and their happiness levels. The research was carried out in the descriptive survey model. A total of 218 students, 84 female and 134 male students, studying at the 9.10.11 and 12th grades of Ardahan Cumhuriyet Sports High School and Ardahan Competition Authority Science High Schools in Ardahan in the 2020-2021 academic year participated in the research. "Personal Information Form" as data collection tools, "Physical Education Attitude Scale" developed by Güllü and Güçlü (2009) to determine attitudes towards physical education and sports lessons, and "Physical Education Attitude Scale" developed by Akıncı-Çötok and Doğan (2011) to measure students' happiness levels. "Oxford Happiness Scale Short Form" is included. The data collected from the students were tested for normality and after the statistical process, it was determined that the data showed a normal distribution. SPSS package program was used to analyze the data. For this reason, independent (unrelated) groups t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Pearson correlation analysis, which are parametric analysis techniques, were used in the analysis of the data. Statistical significance was accepted as (p<0.05) in the analyzes. According to the findings obtained as a result of the research; students' attitude scores towards physical education and sports lessons; It was determined that there was a statistically significant difference between gender, father's education level, mother's education level and high school type. The students' happiness level scores are; It was determined that there was a statistically significant difference in favor of sports high school between the type of high school they attended. In the study, it was also found that there was a positive correlation between the attitudes of the students towards the physical education lesson and their happiness levels.