The relationship between stress and physical activity among adolescent in UiTM Jengka, Pahang / Norfatihah Mohd Noor

Stress for adolescent was an important stressor before they enter the more challenging part in their lives. Besides, the difficulties in handling the stress will lead to the anxiety, depression and poor coping skills. Nevertheless, by engaging in a physical activity has proved to be one of the co...

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Main Author: Mohd Noor, Norfatihah
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Sport Science and Recreation 2018
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spelling uitm-219752018-11-02T04:17:17Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/21975/ The relationship between stress and physical activity among adolescent in UiTM Jengka, Pahang / Norfatihah Mohd Noor Mohd Noor, Norfatihah Games and amusements Outdoor life. Outdoor recreation Stress for adolescent was an important stressor before they enter the more challenging part in their lives. Besides, the difficulties in handling the stress will lead to the anxiety, depression and poor coping skills. Nevertheless, by engaging in a physical activity has proved to be one of the coping mechanism in handling the stress and any psychological problem. The purpose of this research was aimed to investigate the significant relationship between stress and physical activity among adolescent in UiTM Jengka. In this study, data were collected using a Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-I0 item) and Physical Activity Questionnaire for Adolescent (PAQ-A). The statistical sample was 140 adolescents with 70 male respondents and 70 female respondents that age 18 years old and 19 years old. In this study, the analysis used was the descriptive statistic, independent sample t-test, and Pearson correlation. Results showed no significant relationship between stress and physical activity among male and female adolescent. Moreover, results obtained showed that the mean value of stress for the male adolescent was 22.900 ± 5.36 whereby the mean value of stress for the female adolescent was 22.914 ± 4.58. In addition, the mean value of physical activity for the male adolescent was 2.00 ± .55 whereby for the female adolescent was 1.61 ± .42. Therefore, findings unveiled that there was no correlation between stress and physical activity among adolescent in UiTM Jengka and results encourage a search for further knowledge regarding the association between stress and the specific domain of physical activity. Faculty of Sport Science and Recreation 2018 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/21975/1/PPb_NORFATIHAH%20MOHD%20NOOR%20SR%20C%2018_5.PDF Mohd Noor, Norfatihah (2018) The relationship between stress and physical activity among adolescent in UiTM Jengka, Pahang / Norfatihah Mohd Noor. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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Outdoor life. Outdoor recreation
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Outdoor life. Outdoor recreation
Mohd Noor, Norfatihah
The relationship between stress and physical activity among adolescent in UiTM Jengka, Pahang / Norfatihah Mohd Noor
description Stress for adolescent was an important stressor before they enter the more challenging part in their lives. Besides, the difficulties in handling the stress will lead to the anxiety, depression and poor coping skills. Nevertheless, by engaging in a physical activity has proved to be one of the coping mechanism in handling the stress and any psychological problem. The purpose of this research was aimed to investigate the significant relationship between stress and physical activity among adolescent in UiTM Jengka. In this study, data were collected using a Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-I0 item) and Physical Activity Questionnaire for Adolescent (PAQ-A). The statistical sample was 140 adolescents with 70 male respondents and 70 female respondents that age 18 years old and 19 years old. In this study, the analysis used was the descriptive statistic, independent sample t-test, and Pearson correlation. Results showed no significant relationship between stress and physical activity among male and female adolescent. Moreover, results obtained showed that the mean value of stress for the male adolescent was 22.900 ± 5.36 whereby the mean value of stress for the female adolescent was 22.914 ± 4.58. In addition, the mean value of physical activity for the male adolescent was 2.00 ± .55 whereby for the female adolescent was 1.61 ± .42. Therefore, findings unveiled that there was no correlation between stress and physical activity among adolescent in UiTM Jengka and results encourage a search for further knowledge regarding the association between stress and the specific domain of physical activity.
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author Mohd Noor, Norfatihah
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title The relationship between stress and physical activity among adolescent in UiTM Jengka, Pahang / Norfatihah Mohd Noor
title_short The relationship between stress and physical activity among adolescent in UiTM Jengka, Pahang / Norfatihah Mohd Noor
title_full The relationship between stress and physical activity among adolescent in UiTM Jengka, Pahang / Norfatihah Mohd Noor
title_fullStr The relationship between stress and physical activity among adolescent in UiTM Jengka, Pahang / Norfatihah Mohd Noor
title_full_unstemmed The relationship between stress and physical activity among adolescent in UiTM Jengka, Pahang / Norfatihah Mohd Noor
title_sort relationship between stress and physical activity among adolescent in uitm jengka, pahang / norfatihah mohd noor
publisher Faculty of Sport Science and Recreation
publishDate 2018
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/21975/
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