The Effectiveness of Physical Activity on the Optimism Among Female Students of Jahrom University
SOREN Student Sports & Health Open Researches e-Journal: New-Approaches,
Vol. 2 No. 1 (1400),
11 June 2021
,
Page 47-52
https://doi.org/10.22037/soren.v2i1.33691
Abstract
Background and aim: One of the personality traits that can somehow be effective in reducing the stress of student life is optimism. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of physical activity on improving optimism among female students of Jahrom University.
Methods: The study was descriptive and causal-comparative. The population was all female students of Jahrom University which 90 female students were selected by random cluster (45 physical education students and 45 non-physical education students). To collect information, demographic characteristics questionnaire and optimism questionnaire were used. In order to analyze the data, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, independent t-tests, and SPSS software (version 16) were used.
Results: The results showed that there is a significant difference between active and inactive girls in the scales of relationship with God (P= 0.001), relationship with others (P= 0.001), relationship with nature (P= 0.001). In the self-relationship scale, although active girls scored better, but there was no significant difference between active and inactive girls (P= 0.06).
Conclusion: In general, the results showed that active girls have a higher degree of optimism. It means that physical education courses and the level of physical activity of girls in the field of physical education have affected their optimism.
- Optimism
- Self-relationship
- Relationship with God
- Relationship with Others
- Relationship with Nature
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