PARTICIPATION IN THE WELLNESS COURSE AND ATTITUDE TOWARD PHYSICAL-EDUCATION

70 women and 46 men enrolled in a college physical education course em phasizing concepts of wellness were administered the Attitude Toward P hysical Activity Inventory at the beginning and end of a semester. Gen der differences at the end of the semester were obtained on Social Exp erience, Health and Fitness, Aesthetic Experience, and Ascetic Experie nce, with the scores for men significantly higher than those for women . When comparing scores of students required to participate in the cou rse with those of students electing to, no significant differences wer e found. Scores by gender showed significant differences on Ascetic Ex perience by men, with scores of noneducation majors significantly high er than those of education majors. Significantly higher scores at Time 2 for women on Health and Fitness and for men on Ascetic Experience w ere obtained.