Abstract
Attitude is one of the most important predictor variables in relation to behavioral intentions regarding physical activity. Thus, this study aims to determine the influence of attitudes towards physical activity. The study comprised a sample of 1129 individuals (507 men and 622 women) age between 12 and 58 years (
= 18 sd = 4.03). To collect the data, the Scale of Attitudes Towards Physical Activity and Sports (Dosil, 2002Dosil, J. (2002). Escala de actitudes hacia la actividad física y el deporte (e.a.f.d.) (Scale of Attitudes Towards Physical Activity and Sports (s.a.p.s.)). Cuadernos de Psicologia del Deporte2, 43-56.) was based on the Portuguese version (Cid, Alves, & Dosil, 2008Cid, L., & Alves, J. (2008). Attitude toward physical activity. Differences between gender. In J. Cabri, F. Alves, D. Araújo, J. Barreiros, J. Diniz, & A. Veloso (Eds.). Book of abstracts 13th Annual Congresso f the European College of Sport Science. Lisboa: ECSS-FMH, 415.). The results show that attitudes towards physical activity and sports are more positive in younger male individuals, who do not attend higher education, who regularly engage in physical activity and whose parents engage in physical/sports activity themselves.
Keywords:
attitudes; physical activity; sports; practice