Kevin Mercier is an associate professor at Adelphi University and researches student attitudes. Our conversation was about his 3-year longitudinal study following 4-8th grade students that measured their attitude toward physical education. His (and his colleagues) research highlights a drop in positive attitudes and specific gender differences across years.

The full citation is:

Mercier, K., Donovan, C., Gibbone, A., & Rozga, K. (2017). Three-Year Study of Students’ Attitudes Toward Physical Education: Grades 4–8. Research quarterly for exercise and sport, 88(3), 307-315.

(A supplemental episode covering the Theory of Planned Behavior is also available)