Najme Reza soltani; Ali Hodjati; Hassan Gharayaq Zandi; Somayeh Mohammadi
Volume 12, Issue 20 , April 2013, , Pages 177-186
Abstract
The aim of the current research is study of relationship between social physique anxiety and youth participation in leisure time physical activity. This work is a correlation descriptive research. The sample of population is composed of 150 persons (male: 72, female 78) that the average of ages of the ...
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The aim of the current research is study of relationship between social physique anxiety and youth participation in leisure time physical activity. This work is a correlation descriptive research. The sample of population is composed of 150 persons (male: 72, female 78) that the average of ages of the sample is 24± 2.53. They filled social physique anxiety by Motl & Conroy (2000) and adolescent measure scale of leisure time physical activity behavior (Rice & et.al, 2009). At first using colmogrof- simsnoof test, it is confirmed that the data is normal. Then the data was analyzed by T-test, F-test and person correlation formula. The guide knowledge discovered (r = -0.63, sig = 0.001). There is negative meaningful relation between social physique anxiety and leisure time physical activity behavior. There is also meaningful discrepancy between leisure time physical activity of two groups (r = 2.53, sig = 0. 01) and between their social physique anxiety (r = 2.84, sig = 0. 0001).
This result discloses that the people with high social physique anxiety have less participation in leisure time physical activity.