Scale of attitudes towards swimming in university students. Validity and reliability in Physical Education students

Swimming is an aquatic activity that can be used by Physical Education teachers as a training medium. In the region of Puno - Peru, it is frequently practiced despite its adverse weather conditions, therefore it is important to strengthen its learning in future teachers to enrich their professional profile. Consequently, this investigation sought to verify the validity and reliability of the scale of attitudes towards swimming (EAHN), in 192 students of the Professional School of Physical Education (EPEF) of the Universidad del Altiplano. For content validity, based on the analysis of the conceptual domain of the variable attitudes towards swimming, indicators of safety, importance, usefulness and predisposition were organized. Subsequently, a scale was constructed with 31 questions, submitted to the judgment of experts, which allowed us to obtain an Aiken's V coefficient of 0.93. The construct validity was carried out by the multivariate method of confirmatory factor analysis, whose results showed saturations greater than 0.35 for 30 questions. Reliability was guaranteed by means of Cronbach's alpha internal consistency with an index of 0.86 for the scale in general, as well as the stability of the data measurement over time using the test - retest technique with a significant coefficient of 0.81. It is concluded that the scale is valid and reliable for EPEF students. In addition, they show acceptance attitudes towards swimming.