The Difference in Physical Fitness Levels of Indonesian Male and Female Junior High School Students

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10.2991/yishpess-cois-18.2018.25How to use a DOI?

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physical fitness, male, female, students

Abstract

The limited number of studies which investigates the differences in physical fitness levels between male and female students in Indonesia forms the background of this study. The objective of this study is to investigate the difference in physical fitness levels of male and female students in SMPN 3 Depok Yogyakarta, in the academic year 2015/2016. This research is a comparative descriptive project with a cross-sectional design and the subjects are Grade VIII students (117 students: 54 male, 63 female) aged 13-15 years. The instrument employed in this research is the Indonesian Physical Fitness Test for the 13-15 age-group (Male, validity=0.950, reliability=0.960; Female, validity=0.923, reliability= 0.804). The data was analyzed by using a descriptive quantitative analysis and the Mann Whitney U Test. The result of the research show that the overall physical fitness level of the male students is higher than that of the female (the mean of the male students = 14.02 ± 5.264, and the mean of the female students = 13.41 ± 6.601). However, there is no significant difference between the physical fitness levels of male and female participants (sig = 0.144). In addition, there is no student who attained a very good physical fitness level and as many as 45.3% students still have a low and a very low physical fitness level. Considering the result above, it is quite evident that physical education needs to be introduced and promoted in schools as the importance of physical activities in improving the physical fitness level of students cannot be overemphasized.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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