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The Effect of Eight Weeks of Virtual Aerobic Exercise on Happiness, Social Communication and Academic Achievement in Inactive Female Students During Corona
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Behroz Ebrahimi   , Forogh Olfati |
| University of kermanshah |
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Abstract: (2040 Views) |
Background: Exercise and physical activity, recreational and educational, pursue broad psycho-social goals. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of eight weeks of virtual aerobic exercise on happiness, social communication and academic achievement in high school girls in Kermanshah during the corona
Methods: The present study is a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design with a control and experimental group, and is applied in terms of purpose. The statistical population of the study includes students of all girls' high schools in Kermanshah; 140 inactive female students were randomly selected based on the International Physical Activity Questionnaire and divided into two groups of 70 control and experimental. In the pre-test stage, Taylor et al.'s (2005) Academic Performance Questionnaire, Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (1989) and Reggio Social Skills Test (1989) were distributed among the students, followed by the experimental group for eight weeks and they did three sessions of exercise each week. Findings were processed using multivariate covariance and SPSS20 software.
Results: The results showed that intervention based on eight weeks of virtual aerobic training led to a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in the amount of happiness; between the two experimental and control groups the amount of happiness (F = 11.66 and 030 P = 0.05 and academic performance (F = 4.201 and
p = 0.042) ]was significant but there was no significant difference between the experimental and control groups in social relationship (P <0.05).
Conclusion: Participating in virtual sports exercises can also create a sense of dependence and belonging in students in difficult situations such as corona pandemic, which makes a person feel mentally happy and also has an effect on academic performance. |
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| Keywords: Academic Success, Communication, Exercise, Happiness |
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Type of Study: Original Article |
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Received: 2021/09/7 | Accepted: 2021/12/21 | ePublished ahead of print: 2021/11/20 | Published: 2021/12/19
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