Longitudinal analysis of children's attitudes toward sport team involvement
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ABSTRACT:
This investigation examined the change in children's attitudes toward sport team involvement from late elementary school to the end of junior high school. A questionnaire was administered to all fifth and sixth graders (n, 238) from a rural community with an extensive sports program. Five years later, as tenth and eleventh graders, 166 (71 percent) of the original group participated in a follow-up study. Results from a preliminary MANOVA suggested attrition was random with respect to initial attitudes due to sex and participation. Sex and level of participation differences were found for variables of importance of winning, degree of participation, and value of participation. Expected changes in value of extrinsic factors were not observed. In general, there appeared to be a great deal of stability in the attitudes of children over this five-year period. This suggests that attitude formation toward team sport participation occurred prior to the lower age level examined in this study. Examines the change in children's attitudes toward sport team involvement from late elementary school to the end of junior high school. Uses questionnaire data (N=238) and indicates that both sexes report a decrease in the value placed on team membership with females having a greater decrease than males. Argues that nonparticipants showed a greater decrease in the value of being a member of a sport team as well as greater increases in value for everyone getting a chance to play sport.
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