The perception and constraints towards recreational activity among female students (original) (raw)

Describing and identifying various constraints of participating in outdoor recreation activities among female students / Hellinda Marius, Mohd Khairulanwar Md Yusof and Chee Hian Tan

Universiti Teknologi MARA, 2021

The purpose of this study was to describe and identify various constraints of participating in outdoor recreation activities among female students of Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perlis. This study examined on the structural and intrapersonal factors. 150 respondents selected convenience at UiTM Perlis. The respondents were based on their education level, 75 for diploma and 75 for bachelor. Result showed that the highest mean for structural constraint was economic (M = 2.67) where else the highest mean for intrapersonal constraint was physical (M = 2.17). This finding also showed that there was no significance differences for structural constraints based on education level but there were significance differences for intrapersonal constraints based on education level: 'Motivation' (t =-7.03, p < 0.05), 'Psychological' (t =-6.31, p < 0.05) and 'Physical' (t =-4.77, p < 0.05) respectively. In conclusion this study expected to enhance as guide to the related parties concerned for overcoming the structural and intrapersonal constraints that influenced participating of recreational activities among female students specifically in UiTM Perlis. Hence, this study provided valuable factors that contributed as constraints among females as scope of interest to University and Ministry Youth and Sport in the future recreational phenomena of constraints to females participating in outdoor recreation activities as a whole nationwide.

Describing and Identifying Various Constraints of Participating in Outdoor Recreation Activities Among Female Students

2021

The purpose of this study was to describe and identify various constraints of participating in outdoor recreation activities among female students of Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perlis. This study examined on the structural and intrapersonal factors. 150 respondents selected convenience at UiTM Perlis. The respondents were based on their education level, 75 for diploma and 75 for bachelor. Result showed that the highest mean for structural constraint was economic (M = 2.67) where else the highest mean for intrapersonal constraint was physical (M = 2.17). This finding also showed that there was no significance differences for structural constraints based on education level but there were significance differences for intrapersonal constraints based on education level: ‘Motivation’ (t =-7.03, p < 0.05), ‘Psychological’ (t = -6.31, p < 0.05) and ‘Physical’ (t = -4.77, p < 0.05) respectively. In conclusion this study expected to enhance as guide to the related parties concerned f...

Attitudes of University Students Towards Recreational Events and Identifying Their Levels of Participation in Activities (Ardahan University Sample

Turkish Journal of Sport and Exercise

The aim of this research is to identify the attitudes of university students towards leisure activities, their levels of participation in activities and the state of adequate opportunities. The population of the study consists of 5200 students having studied in the education year of 2017-2018 and the sample of the study consists of 1057 (538 male, 519 female) volunteer students. In the research "Free Time Attitude Scale" was used as a data collection tool developed by Akgül and Gürbüz (1). According to the findings of the study, the distribution of students ' gender is close to each other. No difference has been found in the attitudes towards leisure activities according to the gender factor (p = 0.402). It has been found that leisure time attitudes of the students in the Faculty of Engineering and School of Physical Education and Sport higher than the other faculties. In the age factor, the difference has been found only in the behavioral area. While the participants think that their academic GPA effects success positively, no significant difference has been observed in pearson correlation analysis. As a result, it can be said in the research that female students are much more social and positive compared to male students in decision making in terms of leisure time activities.

Female Student Participation in Recreational Activities: A Study of Facilities Availability and Its Influencing Factors in Nigerian Northern University

Agbabiaka, et al., 2023

Bayero University is located in the northern region of the country, which is a Muslim-dominated society where the level of disparity between the male and female genders is high. Hence, this study examined female student participation in recreational activities. Data were obtained through questionnaire administration on female students. Information obtained from the center of information technology revealed 9,685 registered female students across 11 faculties. A total of 291 respondents were selected for the study. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings revealed that recreation facilities are abundantly provided in the University, and most students are aware of their existence. The study further revealed that female students participate less in sporting activities except for jogging, walking, listening to music, and reading. The reason why female students participate in recreation includes: Getting exercise (SPI = 4.41), Keep physically fit (SPI = 4.39), Educational/ research (SPI = 4.38), Improving physical, and emotional health (SPI = 4.29), Developing skill/ability (SPI = 4.08), Boredom (SPI = 3.99), and Minimize stress (SPI = 3.77). Based on further findings, the factors influencing female student participation in recreation include facility safety (accounting for 47% variance) and demographics (accounting for 44.2% variance).

RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY AMONG FEMALE STUDENTS OF FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, ILARO OGUN STATE

Journal of Contemporary Issues on Management and Communication Studies, 2020

This paper assess the impression and hindrances surrounding recreational activities among female students. The paper determines the impression of the female students' involvements in the recreation activities, it also analyzes the type of recreational program that female students' prefer to participate in and determine factors hindering female students of Federal Polytechnic in participating in recreational programs. Based on an extensive literature review this study adopted a survey method, which was designed to investigate the female students' impression towards recreational activity. This study used questionnaire to gather the findings, eighty (80) respondents have been selected randomly as the subject for this study. According to the findings a lot of students perceive recreation as extreme sports, most of them do not have interest in outdoor recreational activities. They prefer some indoor recreational activities like watching movies, playing android games, singing and dancing among other because they requires less energy. They do not understand the reason to take part in outdoor recreation activities in order to improve their health, facilitate their economic output and also to make worthy use of leisure time. This study recommends that female students should be educated on the advantages of joining recreational activities and organize outdoor sports activities/competitions for the students and ensure that equipment are made available to the students. The study may add to the body of knowledge concerning recreational opportunities and factors determining female participation in recreational activities and serve as a basis for more research work by future researchers.

A Study of Gender Differences on Sport Activities’ Patterns

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 Influence of Religious and Socio-Cultural Variables on the Participation of Female University Students in Leisure Activities

2014

This study aimed to determine the influence of Islamic belief and socio-cultural variables on the participation of Muslim female university students in recreational physical exercise (RPE) as a leisure time activity. A total of 400 students in an age range of 18-24, who study at different departments of Mu la University, participated in the study on a voluntary basis. An interview guideline covering questions to explore the influence of Islamic belief on RPE behavior was developed by the researchers, based on the existing literature. The open and closed-ended questions tackle the extent of that influence and the importance of Islamic teaching on the participation in RFE as well as the background of the participants. One to one interview method was applied in the study. Through the findings of the study, it was concluded that socio-cultural variables are more active barriers, compared to the religious variables. Elements considered as a barrier to the participation are mostly related...

Examining for Leisure Barriers for Female Students Studying in the Faculty of Sports Science

Asian journal of education and training, 2020

The aim of our study was to examine the levels of leisure barriers of female undergraduate students in the Faculty of Sports Sciences in terms of some demographic characteristics. The participants of our study are 120 randomly selected female undergraduate students who studied at Firat University Faculty of Sports Sciences in 2020. In order to determine the personal characteristics of the participants in the study, a personal information form (Age, Class, Department and Branch) and a scale of leisure barriers developed by Alexandris and Carroll (1997a) and adapted to Turkish by Gürbüz, Öncü, and Emir (2012) were applied. It is seen that the leisure barriers scale scores of female undergraduate students studying in the departments of the Faculty of Sport Sciences of Firat University are above average with an average of 2.79 in the individual psychology sub-dimension and, 2.77 in the lack of knowledge sub-dimension, 3.17 in the facility sub-dimension, 2.58 in the lack of friends sub-dimension, 3.09 in the time subdimension, and 2.85 in the lack of interest sub-dimension according to the findings of the study. It was observed that it was higher than the average with an average of 2.88, considering the general mean score of the leisure barriers scale.

Demographic Differences in the Perception of Constraints on Participation to Recreational Activities: Results from a Study Made the University in Turkey

DergiPark (Istanbul University), 2022

In this study, we aimed to study certain factors that prevent university students from participating in recreational activities that affect the same in order to obtain more information on recreation, which is one of the issues that almost all countries place importance on. The population of this study, which is crosssectional type of epidemiology study comprised 471 students. We contacted 407 students who were targeted to contact all components of the determined population (86.4%). We may list top three factors that constitute an impediment for participation of students to recreational events as "Facilities" 3.04(±0.7), "Time" 8.46(±2.02) and "Lack of Information" 8.64 (±2.46) respectively. As we reviewed average points obtained by students from sub-dimensions of the scale, we determined that, in all of the sub-dimensions, average points of female participants are higher, that average points of the age group of "17-20" is higher in the lack of friend sub-dimension, that average points of the Medical Documentation and Sekretaryship program are higher in the psychology of individual sub-dimension, that average points of participants, who did not do sports actively in the past, are higher in the "Lack of Interest" sub-dimension. We observed that there are several constraints that prevent women, who participated to the study, from participating to recreational activities. This issue suggests that such a situation may be an indicator of gender. Activities can be organized to increase the participation of female students in recreational activities at the university.