The psychological trait among fitness center goers during home quarantine and its relationship to the body mass index

• Authors: Ayed Zureigat , Osama Abdel Fattah , Ghazi El Kailani

Abstracts

EN

Background: The Corona pandemic imposed on the countries of the world to take many strict measures to limit the spread of this virus, as home quarantine. Objective: this study aimed to identify the psychological aspects level among the fitness center goers during home quarantine and the differences in these aspects level according to the gender variable. As well as, the relationship between the psychological stress and motivation level, in addition, to the relationship between some psychological aspects and the body mass index, finally the differences in the body mass index before and after home quarantine. Design: To achieve this, the researchers used the descriptive approach on a sample consisting of (510), selected using randomly sample technique with the average age of (24±2.6) years. Because of the home quarantine and to reduce face-to-face interaction, the researchers used a questionnaire by using the Google form. The study tool consisted of (11) paragraphs associated with stress and (11) paragraphs associated with motivation. The researchers used means, standard deviations, paired and independent sample T-test by using SPSS version 24 with a confidence level of 95% (p value < 0.05). Results: The results of the study have shown that the psychological stress level among the study sample came with a high average (4.03) and moderate average (2.83) for motivation domain without any statistically significant differences according to the gender variable. As well as, a statistically significant association between the level of psychological stress and motivational in males and females with a higher percentage of body mass index (BMI) for males and females after home quarantine and a higher percentage of females. While the results of the study showed a statistically significant correlation between psychological aspects and body mass index. Conclusion: In light of these results, the urgent need to activate the role and importance of psychological self-care for individuals during home quarantine and work to find a balance between leisure time and other life activities.

Keywords

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Psychological stress; Motivation; Body mass index; Home quarantine; Coronavirus

• Publisher: Institute of Physical Education and Tourism. Jan Długosz University of Czestochowa
• Journal: Physical Activity Review
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 1-10

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Ayed Zureigat

• Faculty of Physical Education, the University of Jordan, Amman

author

Osama Abdel Fattah

• The Ministry of Education, Amman, Jordan

• https://orcid.org/0000000345455562

author

Ghazi El Kailani

• Faculty of Physical Education, the University of Jordan, Amman

• https://orcid.org/0000000275555110

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Identifiers

DOI

10.16926/par.2021.09.16

Biblioteka Nauki

1933074