Relationship between physical activity, demographic variables and academic achievement among male secondary students / Mohd Shaiful Mustaffa

The purpose of this study was to investigate relationships between physical activity, body mass index (BMI), socioeconomic status and academic achievement. The data were collected from the full population of form four student of Klang High School in District Of Klang Selangor, Malaysia in 201 l.(n=2...

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Main Author: Mustaffa, Mohd Shaiful
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spelling my-uitm-ir.625502024-06-06T23:29:16Z Relationship between physical activity, demographic variables and academic achievement among male secondary students / Mohd Shaiful Mustaffa 2011 Mustaffa, Mohd Shaiful Performance. Competence. Academic achievement High schools The purpose of this study was to investigate relationships between physical activity, body mass index (BMI), socioeconomic status and academic achievement. The data were collected from the full population of form four student of Klang High School in District Of Klang Selangor, Malaysia in 201 l.(n=274)Specifically physical activity, BMI and socioeconomic status were compared to mathematics scores on the form four students of Klang High School students. Physical Education teachers annually receive training in anthropometry and data entry measurement prior to data collection.For the purpose of this study, school record data that include matemahtical scores from System Analysis for Examination in Malaysia and BMI information for students were used. This study examined the physical activity level measured by International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) short form and the data for socioeconomic status was gathered from Student Information System (SMM) of Klang High School. Multiple regression and multiple correlations was used to analyzed the data. Physical activity had a negative relationship with academic achievement. The multiple regression and multiple correlation for physical activity, indicate that physical activity levels (0.075) was not significant predictor of academic achievement (p <0.001). BMI and socioeconomic status had a positive relationship with academic achievement. The multiple regression and multiple correlation for academic achievement, indicate, the scores are positively correlated with both 'body mass index, 0.006 (p< 0.01) and socioeconomic status, 0.002(p <0.01). The study suggests that the relationship between physical activity and academic achievement is weak. 2011 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/62550/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/62550/1/62550.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Sport Science and Recreation Yen, Mustafa
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
collection UiTM Institutional Repository
language English
advisor Yen, Mustafa
topic Performance
Competence
Academic achievement
High schools
spellingShingle Performance
Competence
Academic achievement
High schools
Mustaffa, Mohd Shaiful
Relationship between physical activity, demographic variables and academic achievement among male secondary students / Mohd Shaiful Mustaffa
description The purpose of this study was to investigate relationships between physical activity, body mass index (BMI), socioeconomic status and academic achievement. The data were collected from the full population of form four student of Klang High School in District Of Klang Selangor, Malaysia in 201 l.(n=274)Specifically physical activity, BMI and socioeconomic status were compared to mathematics scores on the form four students of Klang High School students. Physical Education teachers annually receive training in anthropometry and data entry measurement prior to data collection.For the purpose of this study, school record data that include matemahtical scores from System Analysis for Examination in Malaysia and BMI information for students were used. This study examined the physical activity level measured by International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) short form and the data for socioeconomic status was gathered from Student Information System (SMM) of Klang High School. Multiple regression and multiple correlations was used to analyzed the data. Physical activity had a negative relationship with academic achievement. The multiple regression and multiple correlation for physical activity, indicate that physical activity levels (0.075) was not significant predictor of academic achievement (p <0.001). BMI and socioeconomic status had a positive relationship with academic achievement. The multiple regression and multiple correlation for academic achievement, indicate, the scores are positively correlated with both 'body mass index, 0.006 (p< 0.01) and socioeconomic status, 0.002(p <0.01). The study suggests that the relationship between physical activity and academic achievement is weak.
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title Relationship between physical activity, demographic variables and academic achievement among male secondary students / Mohd Shaiful Mustaffa
title_short Relationship between physical activity, demographic variables and academic achievement among male secondary students / Mohd Shaiful Mustaffa
title_full Relationship between physical activity, demographic variables and academic achievement among male secondary students / Mohd Shaiful Mustaffa
title_fullStr Relationship between physical activity, demographic variables and academic achievement among male secondary students / Mohd Shaiful Mustaffa
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between physical activity, demographic variables and academic achievement among male secondary students / Mohd Shaiful Mustaffa
title_sort relationship between physical activity, demographic variables and academic achievement among male secondary students / mohd shaiful mustaffa
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
granting_department Faculty of Sport Science and Recreation
publishDate 2011
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/62550/1/62550.pdf
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