The Relationship Between Physical Activity Levels of the School of Physical Education and Sports Students and Their Life Satisfaction

Mine Koç,Hande İnan

doi:10.5296/jei.v7i2.18930

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the correlations between the physical activity levels of students who study sports sciences and their life satisfaction levels according to a number of variables. The study group was composed of 212 students—100 of whom were female and 112 of whom were male—who attended Physical Education and Sports School of Adıyaman University in 2020-2021 academic year.The participants were given the international physical activity questionnaire (Craig et al., 2003) and satisfaction with life scale (SWLS) (Diener & Griffin, 1985) along with personal information form (IPAQ-SF) online.As a result, no correlations were found between physical education and sports school students’ levels of physical activities and their life satisfaction. Accordingly, the BMI average for the female students (x̄ = 20.31) was found to be significantly lower than the average for the male students (x̄ = 23.68). The inactive students’ average (x̄ = 21.61) and the average of the students who were very active (x̄ = 21.37) were significantly higher (p < 0.01). On the other hand, no significant differences were found in the participants’ levels of physical activity or in their life satisfaction levels according to types of sports and gender (p > 0.05).In conclusion, it may be stated that physical activities do not affect university students’ life satisfaction but that they eliminate their problems of overweight and that those activities reduce the average for BMI in positive ways and thus resulted in healthier individuals.

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IntroductionAccording to World health organization its one of the main causes of death worldwide and estimated number of 3.2 million deaths per year can be linked to inactivity
The benefits of physical activities have been accepted for a long time, and doctors and philosophers such as Platon and Hipocrate believe in the existence of positive correlations between physically active life and health (McKinney et al, 2016).According to World health organization its one of the main causes of death worldwide and estimated number of 3.2 million deaths per year can be linked to inactivity
Some athletes consider sport to be the meaning of their life and their satisfaction with life depends on the course of their own career (Witkowski et al, 2017)

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Introduction

According to World health organization its one of the main causes of death worldwide and estimated number of 3.2 million deaths per year can be linked to inactivity. By reducing behavioral risk factors such as inactivity, the probability of diseases such as stroke, type 2 diabetes and cardiac diseases could be decreased by 80%, it is estimated that the risk of cancer could be reduced by one third by increasing physical activity among mankind (Lee et al, 2012). There is a general belief that physical activities can diminish and even prevent symptoms of depression. It is estimated that it influences 350 million people across the world, and it can cause deaths in the worst cases. 800.000 people commit suicide every year due to depression (WHO Depression, n.d.)

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