Reasons of the Students of Ajloun University College Abstaining from Doing Sport Activities

	Reasons of the Students of Ajloun University College Abstaining from Doing Sport Activities
journal of kerbala university
Article 1, Volume 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 105-121 PDF (0 K)
Abstract
The aim of this research is to know the reasons of the students of Ajloun University College abstaining from doing sport activities, and the research objective was achieved through the answers of the following questions: what are the reasons of the students of Ajloun University College abstaining from doing sport activities? And are there any statistical significance at the statistical level (alpha(α)=0.05) for the reasons of the students of Ajloun University College abstaining from doing sport activities according to the variables (study type, place of residence, monthly income)? to answer the research questions the researcher formulated a measurement tool (questionnaire) that was made up of(56) item to know the obstacles that faces the students and keep them from doing sport activities, the questionnaire was divided into(6) domains which are: the body and health obstacles domain which included(7) items, the financial obstacles domain which included(9) items, the psychological obstacles domain which included(11) items, the social obstacles domain which included(13) items, the administrative obstacles domain which included(9) items and the abilities obstacles domain which included(7) items, was distributed on the sample study individuals randomly. The sample consisted of (200) female students of Ajloun University College students. After the data was collected and analyzed, results showed that the social reasons are considered the most important reasons that keeps the students of the Ajloun University College from doing sport activities. Then comes psychological obstacles and the weakness in the physical fitness for the female students which does not help them to bear the exercise burden. The administrative obstacles are represented in not to design or plan long term programs related to physical education for girls, and that there is no statistical significance at the significance level of(α=0.05) for the reasons of the students of Ajloun University College abstaining from doing sport activities according to the variables( study type, place of residence, monthly income).

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