Mrs Zahra Ghanbari, Phd Alireza Bahrami, Mr Mehdi Molaei Yasavoli, Mrs Maryam Ghanbari, Miss Zahra Azhir,
Volume 5, Issue 36 (9-2018)
Abstract
Exercise and physical activity remains one of the very important parts of the education system. The purpose of the present study was to compare the happiness, self-esteem and anxiety of schoolchildren participating in and those not participating in the design of an interdisciplinary sports Olympiad. The research method is causal-comparative. The population of the study consisted of second year 2013-2014 female students from Arak. Multi-stage cluster sampling technique was employed to select 155 each for the participating and non-participating students. The instruments were Oxford Happiness Inventory, Catholic Anxiety Inventory, Cooper Smith Self-Esteem Questionnaire. the data was analyzed using MANOVA based on SPSS version 22software. Findings showed that happiness and self-esteem of students of schools participating in the Olympiad sports program were 95% higher than those who did not participate in the project, but there was no significant difference between the two groups' anxiety. Also, the results showed that school students who run the sport Olympiad within the school had higher happiness and higher self-esteem than students who did not run the school. Therefore, it is recommended to improve vitality, happiness, and self-esteem of the students through increasing their inclusion in exercise and physical activity, this project be implemented in all schools.
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Volume 5, Issue 37 (11-2018)
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of teaching courage behavior skills on critical thinking and happiness among high school students in Bushehr. The research method is a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test design. The statistical population of this study was 8238 secondary school students in Bushehr. 40 students were selected through multistage cluster sampling. Data were collected by Fachion Critical Thinking Questionnaire (1990), Arheyl Happiness (2002), and Zarei Daraborat (2006). Data analysis was performed using SPSS software and statistical methods of variance analysis (Ancova) and multivariate analysis (Manncova). The findings showed that there is a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in terms of at least one of the variables of the skill of daring behavior, critical thinking and happiness. In other words, it can be said that training the skill of arrogant behavior on critical thinking and knowledge happiness The students have a meaningful effect. There was no significant difference between the subjects in terms of critical thinking and happiness in the experimental and control group. The overall result of the research showed that promoting the skill of treason behavior can greatly help to increase the level of critical thinking and happiness of students.
