The purpose of this research is to describe high school students' motivation to participate in physical activity. 223 students (115 female, 108 male) studying in Anatolian high schoolsparticipated in the research on a voluntary basis. "Personal Information Form" and "Motivation Scale for Participation in Physical Activity" were used in the data collection process. In the analysis of the data, the items related to the sub-problem were grouped and descriptive statistics such as frequency (f), percentage (%) and weighted average (X̅) were used together with Mann Whitney U and Kruskall Wallis techniques. The results of the research show that students' motivation to participate in physical activity is at the level of agree. Students' motivation to participate in physical activity differs significantly according to their grade levels. It was observed that as the grade level increased, the motivation to participate in physical activity increased. The motivation of students to participate in physical activity differs significantly according to the variable of participation in sports activities. It has been observed that students participating in sports activities have higher motivation to participate in physical activity. However, gender, father and mother educational status did not differ significantly on students' motivation to participate in physical activity.
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