In compulsory secondary education PE, anger and fear predominated, driven mainly by physical fitness testing, grading pressures and “exposed body” experiences¶

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q2 i? Participants most frequently reported anger (30) and fear (27) in secondary PE, primarily caused by fitness tests with grading consequences and fear of public performance and humiliation. → Gonzalo Flores-Aguilar 2026

Evidence¶

Gonzalo Flores-Aguilar 2026¶

Gonzalo Flores-Aguilar, X`enia Ríos-Sisó, Antonio Muñoz-Llerena. (2026). “I didn't want physical education days to come”: Emotional experiences in physical education of prospective primary education teachers. Learning and Instruction 104 (2026) 102382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2026.102382

q2 · i? · qualitative · r3

Theme Analysis of the narratives found anger and fear the most prevalent CSE emotions. The article states “the use of physical tests (evaluation) as one of the most predominant assessment instruments is the first cause for which participants affirm having felt fear in CSE PE”.

"However, in CSE PE, the most predominant emotions were anger (30), fear (27), and joy (23), followed by disgust (16), sadness (10), and surprise (6)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Participants' emotional trajectories shifted progressively from predominantly positive emotions in primary PE to more negative, intense and frequent emotions in secondary PE — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Group formation via the captain technique, soccer dominance in free play, content repetition and public anthropometric exposure generated fear, anger, sadness and disgust, especially among girls — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Discriminatory teacher attitudes, including sexism and fat-phobia, were identified as negative emotional triggers in participants' PE narratives — related