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An Evaluation of the Methods of Content and Environment Happiness of Physical Activities in Students of Kurdistan Province

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 MSc of Physical Education, Marivan Physical Education Instructor, Marivan, Iran

2 Associate Professor of Sport Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the methods of content and environment happiness of students' physical activities in Kurdistan province. The statistical population of this study consisted of all secondary school students and physical education teachers in Kurdistan province. 400 questionnaires were collected. A researcher-made questionnaire consisting of 40 items was used to collect data. It consisted of 6 components: teacher, student, school management, sport environment, parenting, and planning and content. Questionnaires were purposively distributed among physical education teachers and randomly among students. Descriptive statistics, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, one-sample t test and Friedman test were used for data analysis. The reliability coefficient of the questionnaire was 0.96. The results of factor analysis of the items accounted for 68.312% of the total variance. Regarding the construct validity, based on the relationships and T-value, all items had significant relationships with the factors and could be good predictors of their own factors. The indices of X2 / df ratio (4.91), RMSEA = 0.099, NNFI = 0.96, CFI = 0.98 and GFI = 0.98 confirmed the model fit. The reliability coefficient of the questionnaire was 0.96. The research method was descriptive-correlation and the study was conducted as a field. Based on the results, the ‘parenting’ component ranked first among the four research groups. There were no differences among the research groups in the second, third and sixth ranks. In the ‘school management’ component, female teachers ranked fifth, and they ranked third in the ‘planning and content’ component. It is suggested that education managers lay the groundwork for students’ happiness and joy in physical education courses to increase their physical activity.
 

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Sport Management Journal
Volume 13, Issue 1
May 2021
Pages 293-314
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  • Receive Date: 30 November 2019
  • Revise Date: 07 February 2020
  • Accept Date: 03 February 2020
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