The Importance of Group Sports Activities in Adult Lifelong Education and in Improving the Quality of Life

Iulian-Doru, Tudor; Grigore, Vasilica; Maria, Tudor

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“…When sport is seen as a means of socialization, it is observed that the frequency of participation in sports activities has increased due to the motivation of people to establish relationships with other people (Iulian-Doru, Vasilica & Maria, 2014). In this respect, it is thought that there is a relationship between doing sports and social skills.…”

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Analysis of Sports and Social Skill Relation in a Non-Sportive Group

Zekioğlu

Tatar²,

Özdemir³

2018

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The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between social skills and sports participation of non-athlete participants. The data of this study were collected by using the Convenience Sampling Method from 197 females (59.3%) and 135 males (40.7%), a total of 332 participants, ranging in age from 17 to 67 years (mean=28.72±9.31 years). When asked about the frequency of engaging in sports, while 43 (13.0%) of the respondents reported regular participation and 117 (53.3%) reported occasional participation, and 112 (33.7%) were non-participants. The participants completed the "A Social Skills Scale" for adults consisting of 80 items, and the Socio-demographic Form. The results showed that the Internal Consistency Coefficient for the scale was 0.93. In order to compare the three groups (regular participants, occasional participants, and non-participants) and other variables in terms of the total score of the scale, the two-way ANOVA test was used. There were significant differences in social skill degrees between three groups which were constituted based on frequency of sports participation, between the genders, and between the two groups that were formed considering where participants spent most of their lives (big cities or small towns). On the other hand, no significant difference was observed between participants' social skills according to age and socioeconomic variables like marital status, education, occupational and financial status. Findings were discussed in the context of the related literature.

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Analysis of Sports and Social Skill Relation in a Non-Sportive Group

Zekioğlu

Tatar²,

Özdemir³

2018

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Gender Differences: Motivations for performing physical exercise among adults in Shah Alam

Kubaisy

Mohamad

Ismail

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Man’s and Woman’s Motivation to Exercise

Kubaisy

Mohamad²,

Ismail³

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Females exhibit lower levels of physical exercise performance than males. It seems that gender factor motivates people differently, in performing regular exercise. Our objective was to determine the relationship between 21 motivating reasons for performing physical exercise and genders. We found that males showed significantly higher means score in two motivating reasons; to have a positive effect on the sex life (4.18±1.01, p<0.001) and to have more energy to go about the daily chores Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. https://doi.org/10.21834/ajqol.v2i8.68 Al Kubaisy, W., et.al. / Asian Journal of Quality of Life, AjQoL, 2(8) Oct / Dec 2017 (p.35-43) 36 , UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-ncnd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for EnvironmentBehaviour Studies), Faculty of IntroductionPhysical exercise; is a physical activity that is planned, structured, repetitive, and purposeful in the objective to improve or maintain one or more components of physical fitness. (Akemi et al., 2011; Aura ,Silvia,& Sorin,2014). Engagement in physical exercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Several authors (Aura et al., 2014;Sabina, Alina & Bogdan, 2014) stated that in order to achieve the health benefits of physical activity it is important to exercise regularly.The USA Department of Health and Human Services (2008), recommends that healthy adults should get per week a minimum of 150 minutes of moderate-intensity or 75 minutes as vigorous-intensity aerobic exercise, or a combination of the two (two days doing 20 -25 minutes of vigorous exercise and two days doing 30 minutes of moderate exercise).Physical exercise is of various types such as; Aerobic exercise "also called cardiovascular exercise" moves the large muscle groups with alternate contraction and relaxation, forces to deep breath, heart to pump more blood with adequate tissue oxygenation. Examples are; walking, running, jogging, swimming. The anaerobic exercise, there is forceful contraction of muscle with stretching, usually mechanically aided and help to build up muscle strength and muscle bulk. Examples are; weight lifting, pulling, pushing, and sprinting. Flexibility exercise is one type of stretching exercise to improve the movements of muscles, joints, and ligaments (Siddiqui, Nessa & Hossain, 2010).Pedersen (2013), described that most of the exercise's benefits were mediated through the role of skeletal muscle. With the muscle contraction, myokines will be released, which promoting; the growth of new tissue, tissue repair, and multiple anti-inflammatory functions, which in turn reduce the risk of developing various inflammatory diseases. Thus, there is a body of evidence regarding the effectiveness of regular physical exercise in the primary and secondary prevention of several...

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The Importance of Group Sports Activities in Adult Lifelong Education and in Improving the Quality of Life

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Analysis of Sports and Social Skill Relation in a Non-Sportive Group

Analysis of Sports and Social Skill Relation in a Non-Sportive Group

Gender Differences: Motivations for performing physical exercise among adults in Shah Alam

Man’s and Woman’s Motivation to Exercise

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