Attitudes of King Saud University students towards women’s sports in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

(A study applied to a sample of male and female students at King Saud University in the city of Riyadh)

Abstract

This research aims to identify the attitudes of King Saud University students towards women’s sports، as well as to identify whether there are differences in the attitudes of the study sample due to the variables of gender، family income، level of study، and university major. To achieve the research objectives، the social survey method and the electronic questionnaire tool were used and applied to a simple random sample of male and female students at King Saud University in Riyadh. The study sample consisted of 237، including 90 male and 147 female students.

Among the most important results reached are: The attitudes of King Saud University students towards women’s sports are positive trends that reflect the approval and support of the study sample for women’s practice of sports in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Cognitive trends came in first place with a mean of 2.60. Followed by emotional trends، with a mean of 2.54. Finally، behavioral trends with a mean of 2.32. The results of the study also revealed that there are differences in the attitudes of the study sample towards women’s sports due to the variable of gender and in favor of females، as they are more positive than males، and that there are no differences in the attitudes of the study sample towards women’s sports due to the variables of family income، stage of study، and university major.