Relationship between Physical Activity and Learning Ability: Perception of Physically diminished Adolescents
Abstract
Physical activity is integral part of a healthy way of life and specially in the process of learning activities, the degree to which youth participate in physical activity is therefore of great interest to students and public health. The present study aimed to underline the relationship between effect of doing physical activity and perceptions of physical handicap impaired adolescents, to find the relationship between physical activity and physically handicap adolescents and their perception about learning. A sample of size 684 (male=526, female=158) collected from public sector special/disable institutes in Punjab using simple random sampling. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used Scale for Individual with Physical Disabilities (PASIPD) and found significant under Pearson Chi square. In order to assess the respondent perception by using UCLA scale, the higher proportion (44.6%) of respondents sometimes feel that they are isolated from others, whereas 42.8% of respondents never feel that there are people I can turn to them. Further the analysis of the data yielded that 5 out of 10 respondents seldom feel lack of companionship, no longer close to have anyone, their social relationships arc superficial and no one really known them well
Authors
Dr Muhammad Latif Javed
Lecturer, Department of Education, IUB, Bahawalnagar Campus, Pakistan, Punjab, Pakistan
Misbah Akhtar
Lecturer, Department of Education, IUB, Bahawalnagar Campus, Pakistan, Punjab, Pakistan