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Papers by Dr. D I L S A D Ahmed

Journal of physical education, recreation & dance, Dec 7, 2020

Girls are less physically active than boys, and they are less physically active on weekends compa... more Girls are less physically active than boys, and they are less physically active on weekends compared to weekdays (Generelo, Zaragoza, Julian, Abarca-Sos, & Murillo, 2011). This is a global crisis, ...

espanolEl nivel de actividad fisica de las personas es muy importante a nivel internacional. El o... more espanolEl nivel de actividad fisica de las personas es muy importante a nivel internacional. El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar el nivel de actividad fisica habitual de escolares de India y Espana. Para lograr este objetivo, se utilizo el cuestionario PACE (Physician-based Assessment and Counseling for Exercise). Este cuestionario valora con dos preguntas cuantos dias en la ultima semana (PACE 1) y en una semana habitual (PACE 2) el sujeto realiza al menos 60 minutos de actividad fisica. La muestra del estudio estuvo compuesta por 154 adolescentes de 13 anos de edad. Del total de la muestra, 61 adolescentes (36 hombres, 59%, y 25 mujeres, 41%) eran de Nagaon, Assam (India), y 93 adolescentes (39 hombres, 42%, y 54 mujeres, 58%) eran de la Region de Murcia (Espana). Los resultados mostraron que los adolescentes de 13 anos de Espana e India no realizan suficiente actividad fisica, segun las recomendaciones de la OMS. El 80.5% de los adolescentes espanoles y el 76% de los adolesc...

Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2022

ed by Md. Dilsad Ahmed, an assistant professor in the Core Curri culum Program, Department of Hum... more ed by Md. Dilsad Ahmed, an assistant professor in the Core Curri culum Program, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd University in Al Khobor, Saudi Arabia, and Ferman Konukman, an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Education at Qatar University in Doha, Qatar.

International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 2017

ABSTRACT The current study assessed the perceptions of acceptable sexual behaviour of coaches and... more ABSTRACT The current study assessed the perceptions of acceptable sexual behaviour of coaches and the occurrence of sexual harassment among female student in India. A sample of 180 Indian female student-athletes at intercollegiate and inter-university levels with male coaches participated in this study. A questionnaire on sport-specific Touch and Behaviour versus Unwanted Intimacy from coaches (Vanden Auweele et al., 2008), consisting of 41 items on a 5-point rating scale was used. The participants were asked to indicate the acceptability of specific coaching behaviour as well as the occurrence of the behaviour represented in each item. The acceptability of the behaviour was determined by means and standard deviations, while the occurrence was determined by frequencies. Factor analysis was performed to determine the structure of the coaches’ behaviour and athletes’ acceptability thereof, which yielded four factors. Cronbach’s alpha was used to determine the internal consistency of the extracted items on each factor. Two factors, namely, unwanted sexual behaviour and inappropriate verbal and physical sexual behaviour, were regarded by athletes as very serious and unacceptable coach behaviour, while a third factor represented context-dependent suspicious behaviour (a grey area in which athletes differ in their opinion) and was perceived to be serious and unacceptable. A fourth factor represented acceptable behaviour. The occurrence of very serious and unacceptable behaviour was reported by 31% of the female athletes.

MHSALUD: Revista en Ciencias del Movimiento Humano y Salud, 2016

International Leisure Review, Dec 1, 2013

The main purpose of the study was to see the comparison of Well Being, Thought Control, Academic ... more The main purpose of the study was to see the comparison of Well Being, Thought Control, Academic Achievement and Health Related Physical Fitness of Active and Inactive Adolescent School Students”. The number of sample (N=300) was selected from the government high and secondary school. 150 Active Adolescent Students and 150 Inactive Adolescent Students were selected by employing purposive sampling technique. The age level of the subjects was ranged from 11 to 17 years. The psychological parameters like Wellbeing questionnaire devised by Bireleson was used to measure possible depression of older age children and adolescent, Thought Control Questionnaire constructed by Adrian Wells and Mark I Davis, was used which contain five sub factors viz. Distraction, Social Control, Worry, Punishment and Re-appraisal were used apart from Academic achievement was assessed on the basis of percentage of marks obtained by the candidate in the final examination and Health Related Physical Fitness was measured by administering the following tests items Muscular endurance (Bent Knee Sit Ups), Muscular strength (Chin Ups), Cardiovascular endurance (12 Minutes Run and Walk Test), Flexibility (Sit and Reach Test), Body composition (Lean Body Weight and body fat weight) were used as a tool of the study. In order to examine the hypothesis of the study descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation were computed. Further, to determine the significant difference the Active and Inactive Adolescent students in the selected parameters Independent t-test was computed separately. In the conclusion of the study it was found that the parameters Well-being, Punishment, Worry, Social control, Re-appraisal, Academic achievement, 12 minutes run and walk, Bent Knee sits ups, Fat weight and Lean body weight showed significant difference between the active and inactive adolescent school students where the aforesaid parameter's mean level was in case of active adolescent students showed higher again the parameters Distraction, Chin ups, Sit and reach test didn't show any significant difference between the two groups.

Revista Brasileira de Ciências do Esporte, 2018

An unsteady plan for curriculum development and supportive issues in physical education (PE) has ... more An unsteady plan for curriculum development and supportive issues in physical education (PE) has created confusion among professionals. The purpose of this research is to investigate the factors perceived as important in the development of quality physical education (QPE) by professionals in Latin American (LA) countries. A questionnaire consisting of 24 items based on QPE was responded by 468 professionals collected from 6 LA cities. An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of the 24 items using ML extraction and direct oblimin rotation were applied, and the retained 17 items were clustered in a three factor solution referred to as, Development and Supportive Elements for QPE in School (DSFQPE) (˛ = .935), Core Value of QPEtabl (CVPE) (˛ = .890), and Curriculum Arrangement of Physical Activities (CAPA) (˛ = .850). The retained items indicated excellent properties and the basic framework as perceived by professionals from PE in LA countries as important in the investigation of QPE.

Cogent Education, Nov 24, 2017

Numerous studies have been published heralding the benefits of physical education in school educa... more Numerous studies have been published heralding the benefits of physical education in school education. Sport and physical activities form the major content in learning and the arrangement serves as the major source of development in students. This paper identifies "quality" as an internationally concerned issue and within the concept, the perceptual framework in learning is then placed with focus. To conduct this study, a sample of N = 799 (11 Asian cities) physical education professionals working in different levels were invited to participate in a questionnaire survey with 37 items designed to forge the conceptualization of quality learning in physical education. Results from statistical analysis showed 24 items grouped in 3 subfactors being retained after EFA, of 37 items that were framed through content analysis to assess the quality physical education learning among the PE professionals. The retained three factors from the EFA were further assessed with robust confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The 3-factor model demonstrated a good fit with the data (CMIN/DF = 7.367, NFI = .888, CFI = .901, PCFI = .748, RMSEA = .089). In this sample, the QPEL demonstrated an acceptable three-factor structure, internal consistency and inter-factor correlation. These items were appropriate to provide the necessary understanding of the diversified practice in the learning of quality physical education.

Participation in organized youth sports has a long-term effect and is a good predictor of factors... more Participation in organized youth sports has a long-term effect and is a good predictor of factors, such as the continuation of physical activity later in life or a predisposition to be active in adulthood (Telama et al., 2005). Adolescence is regarded as a period of transition between childhood and adulthood. Adolescents must address a range of biological, social, emotional and psychological transitions to successfully enter the adulthood (Roker & Coleman, 1998), and preparing for a lifetime of physical activity is also a central aim of person (Sallis & McKenzie, 1991). The main purpose of the study was to compare cohorts of adolescent student athletes in terms of their perceptions of success, self-esteem and wellbeing. The subjects were selected from educational institutions where physical education is regarded as a formal subject and where students are under the guidance of a physical education teacher with a structured curriculum. All subjects were adolescent male students within...

Objective: Burnout is a highly intricate psychological parameter (Cresswell & Erklund, 2006a) and... more Objective: Burnout is a highly intricate psychological parameter (Cresswell & Erklund, 2006a) and it is difficult to gauge within sports setting (Ewing and Seefeldt, 2002) though very limited amount of researches undertaken (Cresswell & Erklund, 2006b, Fraser-Thomas, Côté & Deakin, 2005). In this recent decade, burnout has placed as an important topic in the field of sports psychology and discussed in length about its exploration among the upcoming youth athletes (Brandonn S. Harris, 2005; Cresswell & Erklund, 2006a). Hence the researchers of this study were interested to conduct this present study due to the social circumstances in India and the very limited understanding of burnout among the Indian youth athletes. Methods: To carry out the overarching aim of this study, the investigation emphasis on the comparison of burnout level among the youth ball game players. A sample of total 215 Male athletes participated in this study. All subjects were represented from three sports group...

Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2021

ed by Md. Dilsad Ahmed, a graduate teaching assistant in the Kinesiology Program at Oregon State ... more ed by Md. Dilsad Ahmed, a graduate teaching assistant in the Kinesiology Program at Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR, and Ferman Konukman, an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Education at Qatar University in Doha, Qatar.

Cogent Psychology, 2020

India’s increasing sedentary behavior among children and youth is becoming a national concern. He... more India’s increasing sedentary behavior among children and youth is becoming a national concern. Hence, developing an environment supportive of physical activity and sports would be a major means to increase the participation levels for adolescents. This study aims to examine differences in motivation to participate in physical activities and sports among students of three age categories, namely, early adolescence, middle adolescence and late adolescence. The result of factor analysis yielded a 19-item, four-factor structure on the participation motivation questionnaire (PMQ). Significant differences were found for all three age categories on the two extracted factors of sport action with friends and social status. Further, a significant difference has been identified between sex’s students on the factor of health and fitness and social status. The study provides sound psychometric and comparative results that can potentially be useful for education and formative reviews in applied se...

The main purpose of the study was to explore the goal orientation among the athletes of the same ... more The main purpose of the study was to explore the goal orientation among the athletes of the same age category with regard to their participation in recreational and leisure activities and also to see the differences between both the sexes (male and female). To achieve the purpose of the study 99 adolescent athletes were selected for the study. Out of which 50 were male athletes and 49 were female athletes. Their ages ranged from 12 to 17 years. These athletes were selected on the basis of their active participation in games and sports and also used to participate in various tournaments conducted by the District Sports Office, under the authority of Directorate of Sports, Assam. To measure the Goal Orientation level of the athletes both male and female athletes the Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire TEOSQ devised by (Duda & Whitehead, 1998) was used. It assessed dispositions towards task and ego achievement goal orientations. The TEOSQ asks subjects to think of when they...

Journal of physical education and sport, 2015

IntroductionGames and Sports are the medium whereby children get ample opportunities to develop t... more IntroductionGames and Sports are the medium whereby children get ample opportunities to develop their potentiality (Cote & Fraser-Thomas, 2007). There are varieties of reasons for children to participate in sports (Gould & Petlichkoff, 1988). The reasons such as enhancing well balanced physiological, psychological and sociological status as well as developing athletic talent are some of the contributing factors (Gould & Carson, 2004). As burnout is a highly prevalent factor for adolescent athletes, it arrests with attention and becomes an important part of discussion among researchers from the field of sports psychology. In India, sports is still an unsystematic discipline and rarely any research work has conducted before in this area. It has been seen that players are tremendously affected by various means such as lack of facility, cooperation from federation, coaching facility, parental support, etc. which ultimately could become potential antecedents for burnout to develop. This ...

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021

This study examined the relationships between perfectionism, self-esteem, and the will to win and... more This study examined the relationships between perfectionism, self-esteem, and the will to win and the effects of gender and the level of achievement on these variables. A total of 318 adolescents in the age group of 12–19 years (M = 16.10 ± 1.01) completed the self-esteem questionnaire, the will-to-win questionnaire, and the perfectionism inventory. Interstate level (ISL) athletes obtained higher scores than interdistrict level (IDL) athletes on the following variables: self-esteem, the will to win, and four of the eight dimensions of perfectionism (i.e., concern over mistakes, the need for approval, organization, and planfulness). Further, male athletes obtained higher self-esteem and perfectionism (i.e., the need for approval and rumination) scores than female athletes. Self-esteem, the will to win, and the dimensions of perfectionism were positively and significantly interrelated. However, one dimension, namely, perceived parental pressure, was unrelated to any factor except stri...

South African Journal for Research in Sport Physical Education and Recreation, 2019

Developing quality physical education programmes (QPE) for school-age children is an important go... more Developing quality physical education programmes (QPE) for school-age children is an important goal of teachers and health educators. This paper studies professionals’ perceptions of QPE in Europe. In the survey, 24 items related to status and roles, educational elements and supportive features in physical education, were presented to education professionals from six selected European cities. A sample of 342 professionals participated. After an exploratory factor analysis (EFA), using Maximum Likelihood extraction and direct oblimin rotation methods, 18 of the 24 items were retained. The items were clustered under four subscales, Development and Supportive Elements for QPE in Schools, Core Value of QPE, Curriculum Arrangement of Physical Activities and Core Content Knowledge of QPE. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient (α=0.85) indicated good internal consistency for the overall measure. The retained four factors from the EFA were assessed with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The four-f...

The works for quality development of physical education turned to be a worldwide concern when UNE... more The works for quality development of physical education turned to be a worldwide concern when UNESCO proposed the International Charter for Physical Education and Sport in 1978. The movement for quality physical education was then established with main focus on different perspectives that covered issues from human right to the curriculum development, teaching, sport coaching, professional training, research and international collaboration and related policy making. The coming of documents such as NASPER’s benchmark in physical education in 2004, UNESCO Report on Quality of Physical Education and Sport (2005), Strategies to Improve the Quality of Physical Education by CDC in 2010 and the recent Quality Physical Education – Guidelines for Policy Makers by UNESCO (2015) were the initiatives to provide rich resources in forming the basic framework for quality development of physical education. Nevertheless, the report on physical education by Ken Hardman in 2008 indicated the worry as “...

Journal of physical education and sport, 2016

IntroductionPhysical fitness has been defined as the result of body movement that is generated by... more IntroductionPhysical fitness has been defined as the result of body movement that is generated by muscle action that increases energy expenditure (McArdle, Katch & Katch, 2001). Physical activity is known to be an important factor in promoting health and physical efficiency (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2010; Janssen & LeBlanc, 2010). Childhood and adolescence represent crucial moments of life, and lifestyles and healthy or unhealthy behaviours established at these ages may affect health conditions in adulthood (Ortega, Ruiz, Castillo & Sjostrom, 2008). It has been demonstrated that physical fitness determines lifestyle in terms of motor performance and individual's state of health, and this information has led to considerable research that has focused on varying these factors in adolescents (Catley & Tomkinson, 2013; Sandercock, Voss, Cohen, Taylor & Stasinopoulos, 2012; Sauka et al., 2011). The quantity and quality of studies relating to child and adolescent p...