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The present study has been conducted to discover associations between gender and patterns of sport activities among 303 university students in Mazandaran University. Respondents have been selected randomly and completed a self-administered questionnaire. The findings of the study indicated that 67 percent of students participated in sport activities, but male students were more active than female students. Favourite sports for male students were walking, football, swimming, light exercise, and body building; while female students were more concerned to such activities as light exercise, swimming, and volleyball, respectively. The most important reasons to participate in sport activities declared by male students were maintenance and enhancement of health status, acquisition of joy and fun, and to be fresh and active; while female students proceed to sport for reducing weight, fitness, and maintenance of health status. Finally, there have been positive associations between probability of sport participation and some psycho-social variables such as social support, health concern, and having athletes’ friends or family members.
The notion that women are the weaker sex is not true in the world of sport. For women like men can be competitive and aggressive without destroying ones natural beauty and charm. Sports participation is after all a worthwhile goal for women. The purpose of this study is to determine the perception on women's sports participation while correlating to the type and degree of sports participation. It also determined the contributing factors of the moderating variables such as father and mother's educational attainment, family income, and institutional location. The study was conducted among the 973 randomly selected female Physical Education students of the three institutions; City. Descriptive-correlation method of research was used employing the Perception on Women's Sports Participation Inventory PWSPII as the foremost tool in gathering the data. Results indicated that the variables of father and mother's educational attainment and family income showed a significant correlation with the perception on women's sports participation, while, institutional location was not significantly correlated. Significant correlation was also found between father, mother's educational attainment, and institutional location towards the variable of the type of sports participation. However, family income showed no significant correlation to the type of sports participation. It was also found out that there was no significant correlation between mother's educational attainment, family income, and institutional location towards the variable of the degree of sports participation. Significant correlation however, was found between father's educational attainment and degree of sports participation.
CRNOGORSKA SPORTSKA AKADEMIJA, „Sport Mont“
LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY AMONG STUDENTS FROM UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA, FACULTY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT2015 •
This paper presents the results of the research on the physical activity of students in the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina” Kosovo. The purpose of this cognitive study was to diagnose certain aspects of the lifestyle of students, with a particular focus on physical activity and, the difference in sex. The practical aim, however, was an indication of such actions, arising from past experience that would aim at improving lifestyle, and could lead to the elimination or prevention of certain causes of not making movement activity by the students in our country. The research was conducted by the use of diagnostic survey in the group of 120 people aged 18-37, among whom there were 56 girls and 64 boys. The research material was collected in 2014. The research that was carried out shows that the level of wealth (not so much of the family, but of the whole country) may have an impact on the choice of activities taken by the students. Undoubtedly socio-cultural factors and the tradition of social life, which impose certain ways of spending leisure time (particularly in the case of the students) as we can see in the results obtained, where we also found that there is no statistically significant differences between girls and boys. The above observations, taking into account local conditions, should be the starting point for all those who plan introducing changes in physical education systems in my country in the future.
Journal of Education and Practice
The Reasons for the Reluctance of Female Students at Yarmouk University to Practice Sports Activities2018 •
This study aimed to identify the reasons for the reluctance of female students at Yarmouk University to practice sports activities. The study used descriptive analytical method, A questionnaire consisted of (20) items was designed by the researcher and distributed to a random sample of Yarmouk University students consisted of (200) students. After the analysis, the study results showed the following: The reasons for the reluctance of Yarmouk University students to practice sports activities were high, as the highest item states that" the discouragement of my friends has an impact on my lack of participation in sports activities". And the lowest item that states "I am not satisfied and I don't feel pleasure in practicing sports activities". There were no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α<0.05) between the opinions of the study sample about the reasons for the reluctance of Yarmouk University students to practice sports a...
International journal of Science Culture and Sport
Investigating Patterns of Spending Leisure Time with Emphasize on Physical Activities and Sport (The Case Study: Female Professors, Students, and Staffs at Ilam University)2016 •
Sociological Studies of Youth
Investigating Patterns of Spending Leisure Time with Emphasis on Physical Activities and Sport (Case Study: Female Teaching Staff, Students, and Office Staff at Ilam University)2017 •
Malaysian Journal of Sport Science and Recreation (MJSSR)
Motives for Taking Part in Physical Activites Based on Gender2022 •
There are many reasons why individuals participate in sports or physical activities. There are two main types of motives for engaging in physical activities, which is intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Previous research found that the six important motives, given by student-athletes for sport participation, were achievement, body shape, physical fitness, teamwork, learning new skills and challenges. However, research comparing the difference on motives for taking part in physical activities, especially on gender is limited. The aim of this study is to find the motives of taking part in physical activities among male and female student-athletes. A hundred student-athletes Purpose of Sport Questionnaire. Seven factors were derived from the questionnaire, Mastery or Cooperation, Physically Active lifestyle, Good Citizen, Competitiveness, High Status Career, Enhance Self-Esteem and Social Status or Getting Ahead. The sample was chosen from a Malaysian university. The result showed th...
2011 •
This study examined the regular sport participation of Turkish high school students with regard to gender, age and parents' education. A total 2099 high school students voluntarily participated in this study. The sport indexes of Physical Activity Assessment Questionnaire and a demographic data sheet were administered to the participants. In terms of regular sport participation, approximately half of the high school students did not engage in any exercise/sport activities within the previous month. The intensity and duration of regular sport participation were analyzed using two-way multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), with the father's education and gender as independent factors. Significant multivariate main effects were found for both father's education (p < .03) and gender (p < .01) factors. The percentage of regular sport participation among girls was slightly higher than boys. However, boys engaged in regular sport activities with a higher intensity an...
This study aimed to compare the extracurricular sports activities effectiveness among female students in Razi University and Islamic Azad University of Kermanshah in order to make effective the extracurricular sports activities, obtain customer satisfaction, and attract more customers (students). This was a descriptive study. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire with 36 items was developed according to the opinions of supervisor and advisor teachers; its content validity was confirmed by sports management experts and professors. Meanwhile, the reliability was calculated through alpha Cronbach (0.87). The population consisted of all undergraduate students in Islamic Azad University of Kermanshah and Razi University (N= 9066). Using random sampling method and Adeneski table, 237 subjects were selected as sample. The mean and standard deviation were the descriptive statistical methods were used in this study. Also, the Kolmogrouf-Smirnov test and U Mann-Whitney test were the inferential statistics were used to compare the effectiveness of extracurricular sports activities among female students in Razi University and Islamic Azad University of Kermanshah. The results showed that there is no significant difference in the effectiveness of extracurricular sports activities among female students in Razi University and Islamic Azad University.
2021 •
The purpose of the present study was to analysis of sports interests and physical activity and also motivators and barriers among Iranian students. This study is a quantitative as well as descriptive survey. The statistical population consists of all male and female students of public universities across the country and applying cluster sampling, 574 students from 12 universities were selected as the research sample. Findings of this study showed that almost half of the Females had no history of sports activity, while for males, the figure was 21%. Furthermore, male and female students tend to be similar in the number of times they exercise per week, and slightly less than 50% of students tend to exercise three days a week and a quarter of students tend to exercise two days a week. Among the twenty priorities of sports among Females and males, 13 sports were common, which include "volleyball, bodybuilding, swimming, cycling, soccer, table tennis, motorcycling, badminton, mounta...
2009 •
Journal of Anomalistics / Zeitschrift für Anomalistik
Friederike Schriever - Zum Gedenken2024 •
Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry
Yttria-stabilized zirconia films deposited by plasma spraying and sputtering2004 •
1998 •
Jurnal Kewirausahaan dan Bisnis
Strategi Implementasi Proyek Kewirausahaan DI Sma Negeri 1 Sumberlawang2017 •
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders extra
Efficacy and Safety of MLC601 in Patients with Mild to Moderate Alzheimer Disease: An Extension 4-Year Follow-Up StudyJournal of intellectual disability research : JIDR
Comparing the broad socio-cognitive profile of youth with Williams syndrome and 22q11.2 deletion syndrome2017 •