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Anthropometric Variables and Visual Reaction: A Relationship Study on Volleyball Players
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Chatterjee, Kallol; Ghosh, Krishnendu; Biswas, Sudarsan – Physical Educator, 2023
Volleyball is a competitive sport and the main goal is to win or defeat other teams. The purpose of the study was to investigate the relation between selected anthropometric variables and reaction time of volleyball players. Fourteen district-level volleyball players from Bolpur, Birbhum, and West Bengal were selected as subjects. The age of the…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Correlation, Reaction Time, Human Body
Classifying High School Students' Health-Related Physical Fitness Report Cards with Data Mining
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Eren, Hande Busra; Caliskan, Gokhan – Physical Educator, 2023
In this study, classifications were made from the data obtained from the Health-Related Physical Fitness Report cards and BMIs of students through data mining methods, artificial neural networks, and decision trees models. Then the classification performances of both models were compared. The body weight and height measurements of the students in…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, High School Students, Report Cards, Body Composition
The Relationship between Quality of Life Level and Social Appearance Anxiety Level of Physically Handicapped Boccia Athletes
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Atasoy, T.; Pekel, Aydin – Physical Educator, 2021
This study investigated the relationship between quality of life level and social appearance anxiety levels of physically disabled boccia athletes. The population of 2018-2019 Boccia Championships for the Physically Disabled Turkey was invited to participate (N = 97 athletes), and sampling was determined by simple random sampling (n = 83); data…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Anxiety, Physical Disabilities, Athletes
Lifestyle Factors Associated with Overweight/Obesity Status in Croatian Adolescents: A Population-Based Study
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Ajman, Hrvoje; Novak, Dario; Mišigoj-Durakovic, Marjeta – Physical Educator, 2019
Much is known about the influence of potential lifestyle factors on adolescents' nutritional status, but in Croatia there are not many studies of this topic. Past studies have shown many variables associated with being overweight/obese. Thus, this study investigated the associations between the overweight/obesity status and lifestyle factors of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Life Style, Body Weight, Obesity
Differences in the Fitness Levels of Urban and Rural Middle School Students in Croatia
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Novak, Dario; Bernstein, Eve R.; Podnar, Hrvoje; Vozzolo, Yolanda – Physical Educator, 2015
Background: It is known that suburban youth are more fit than urban youth in Croatia. Method: Differences (p < 0.05) in fitness levels and motor abilities of 9,164 (F = 4,671, M = 4,493) Croatian children (age range: 11-14 years) from urban (F = 1,380, M = 1,268), mixed rural-urban (F = 274, M = 289), and rural (F = 3017, M = 2936) areas were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Schools, Rural Schools, Middle School Students
Comparing Levels of Anti-Fat Bias between American and Mexican Athletes and Undergraduate Physical Education and Exercise Science Students
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Alameda, Miriam Wood; Whitehead, James R. – Physical Educator, 2015
Stigmatization consequent to anti-fat bias (AFB) may affect the services people who are obese receive from health professionals, including physical education and exercise science (PEX) professionals. In this study, we compared AFB levels of American and Mexican PEX students and Mexican athletes. We also investigated if socially desirable (SD)…
Descriptors: Social Bias, Obesity, Body Weight, Athletes