The purpose of this study was to analyze and compare three individual facets of political attitudes by a university student classification and gender, exercise experiences. The subjects were 402 university students randomly chosen from various student...
The purpose of this study was to analyze and compare three individual facets of political attitudes by a university student classification and gender, exercise experiences. The subjects were 402 university students randomly chosen from various student classifications 165 students were among physical education department and 237 among general department students. For the purpose of this study, this study used a survey instrument modified by the researcher and based on the various variables identified in an extensive review of related literature. The survey instrument contains three factors; political orientation, political participation and political interest.
An independent samples t-test was used to analyze the col1ected data. The results revealed that significant differences were found between the perception of the two types of students on the dimensions political interest : (1) Regarding the comparison of political orientation between university student classification, physical education students showed slightly more progressive than the other university student group ; (2) Pertaining to the comparison of political participation and political interest between university student groups, physical education students showed higher than the other group. According to gender, significant differences were existed in the two factors, political orientation and political participation. No significant differences was existed between athletes and non-athletes in the three facets of political attitudes.