Health Education and Health Promotion, Volume (4), No (4), Year (2016-11) , Pages (59-70)

Title : ( Effect of Family Support on Children's Participation in Recreational Sports Activities of Torbat-e-Jam )

Authors: Ali Seghatoleslami1 , Mehran Ghafoor , Mohammad Keshtidar , manizheh arabi ,

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Abstract

Aim: The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of parental support of their children’s participation in recreational sports classes. Methods: This study was a functional-descriptive survey in which a self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. It consisted of variables including psychological, cultural, social, emotional, economical and informational support. The face and content validities were evaluated by 10 professors specialized in sport education. Moreover, confirmatory factor analysis assessed the validity of questionnaire. The reliability of the questionnaire was assessed by Cronbach's alpha in the pilot study. The study population included all children participating in the recreational sports classes at summer 2016 out of whom a sample of 300 was selected randomly. Findings: The results showed that all variables (Psychological, Cultural, Social, Emotional, Economical and Informational support) encouraged the participation of children in sports activities. Conclusion: Generally, the results showed that parental support increased the children’s participation in sport activities, which, in turn, improved the physical and mental health of young generation in the society.

Keywords

, Parental support, Free time, Children’s recreational sports class, Sports activities
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@article{paperid:1072199,
author = {Ali Seghatoleslami1 and Mehran Ghafoor and Keshtidar, Mohammad and Arabi, Manizheh},
title = {Effect of Family Support on Children's Participation in Recreational Sports Activities of Torbat-e-Jam},
journal = {Health Education and Health Promotion},
year = {2016},
volume = {4},
number = {4},
month = {November},
issn = {2588-5715},
pages = {59--70},
numpages = {11},
keywords = {Parental support; Free time; Children’s recreational sports class; Sports activities},
}

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%0 Journal Article
%T Effect of Family Support on Children's Participation in Recreational Sports Activities of Torbat-e-Jam
%A Ali Seghatoleslami1
%A Mehran Ghafoor
%A Keshtidar, Mohammad
%A Arabi, Manizheh
%J Health Education and Health Promotion
%@ 2588-5715
%D 2016

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