Development of Enjoyment Scale in Physical Education Classes of Elementary School Pupils

The purpose of this study was to clarify the factor structure of “enjoyment of elementary school P.E. classes” and to verify the reliability and validity. Additionally, the developed scale was used to discover how enjoyment of P.E. classes differs according to grade level, gender, and other characteristics. First, to collect and select statements on elementary school pupils’ enjoyment of P.E. classes, an open-ended preliminary survey of 309 higher-grade pupils at public elementary schools was conducted. In the main survey, a measuring tool was developed to measure enjoyment of P.E. classes based on the items selected in the preliminary survey. The main survey was administered to 871 higher-grade pupils at public elementary schools.