Effects of a physical education program on children's attitudes and emotions associated with sport climbing.

this study examined the effects of climbing ladders, wall bars, perches, and ropes in changing students' attitudes and emotions associated with sport climbing. The tasks were parto of a physical education instructional curriculum of primary schools in Italy. Boys and girls (N=80), ages 10 to 11 years, were involved in a 10 lesson intervention during their curricular lesson. Partecipants were from six normal class ranging in size from 16 to 18 children. Three classes were assigned randomly to an experimental group and the other three to a control group. The experimental group performed challenging climbing tasks, while the control group engaged in other physical activities. Analisys of variance indicated that scores on the Climbing Pictures Test differed significantly, after th intervention, with children in the experimental group scoring lower on avoidance of climbing situations and higher on positive emotions.