Abstract:
This thesis is a grounded theory study investigating the attitudes of preadolescent
boys towards the traditional Sunday school. The first chapter focuses on the
background and significance of the study. The second chapter contains a brief
interaction with literature related to the topic of concern. The focus in this chapter is
on the definition of the term attitudes and the link between attitudes and behaviour.
The third chapter justifies the research model and deals exhaustively with the
methods and procedures that I used to investigate the attitudes of boys to the
traditional Sunday school. Chapter four summarizes the findings of the field
interviews, namely the strong polarity of the boys' attitudes and the surprising
ambivalence towards their teachers. These findings are in turn related to the main
aspects of attitudes using relevant literature on the subject. This chapter concludes
with a proposed theoretical model to account for the boys' attitudes. Chapter five, the
concluding chapter, contains pertinent recommendations arising out of the findings of
the research and some suggestions for further research.
