Iranian Journal of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology

Comparison of Social and Academic Adjustment of Athletic and Non-Athletic Children

10.22034/ijmbsp.2023.410457.1076
Volume 3, Issue 1
Spring 2023
Pages 51-58
Iranian Journal of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Soleyman Ansari 1
Fahimeh AdibSaber 2
Hossein Zokaei 3

1 PhD, Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Rasht Branch, Rasht, Iran

2 Assistant professor, Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Rasht Branch, Rasht, Iran.

3 MSc, Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Rasht Branch, Rasht, Iran.

Abstract
This study aimed to compare the social and academic adjustment of athletes and non-athletes’ children. The statistical population of this research was made up of all male students of the fourth to sixth grade of primary schools in Ardabil in the academic year of 2019-2020. The statistical sample of 120 students (60 athletes and 60 non-athletes) was selected as an accessible sample. In this research, Bell's adjustment questionnaire was used to measure the social and academic adjustment of children. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used to determine the normality of the data and the independent t-test was utilized to test the research hypotheses at a significance level of less than 0.05.The analysis of the research data showed that there is a significant difference in social and academic adjustment between athletes and non-athlete’s children (P=0.001), and the level of social adjustment and the academic performance of athletes was better than non-athletes. Therefore, it is concluded that regular and continuous physical activity could improve social and academic adjustment scores in children.

Keywords

Academic Adjustment
Social Adjustment
Athletic Children
Non-Athletic Children
Subjects
  • Receive Date 05 April 2023
  • Revise Date 15 May 2023
  • Accept Date 12 June 2023

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