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<p>This study is aimed at knowing the role of recreational sports activities in decreasing some psychological problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic among adolescents, and done on a sample of 400 adolescents chosen from the final year of the Intermediate education stage (Hamam bouhjar Middle school - Ain Temouchent state, Sig middle school – Mascara state), the questionnaire was applied as a tool for the study and it consisted of three axes: the axis of aggressive behavior, isolation, and self-confidence, and each axis consists of a group of questions. We used Frequencies, Percentage, and Chi-square goodness of fit test to analyze and interpret the results. In the end, we concluded that recreational sports activities have a role in alleviating some psychological problems resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic in adolescents, and this is based on the results that we have researched which states that recreational sports alleviate the aggressive behavior caused by the COVID-19 and its major role in reducing the weakness of self-confidence caused by COVID-19 among adolescents, as well as mitigating the weakness of self-confidence under the COVID-19 pandemic Finally, the researchers recommend the necessity of practicing recreational sports activities in spare time.</p>
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This study is aimed at knowing the role of recreational sports activities in decreasing some psychological problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic among adolescents, and done on a sample of 400 adolescents chosen from the final year of the Intermediate education stage (Hamam bouhjar Middle school - Ain Temouchent state, Sig middle school – Mascara state), the questionnaire was applied as a tool for the study and it consisted of three axes: the axis of aggressive behavior, isolation, and self-confidence, and each axis consists of a group of questions. We used Frequencies, Percentage, and Chi-square goodness of fit test to analyze and interpret the results. In the end, we concluded that recreational sports activities have a role in alleviating some psychological problems resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic in adolescents, and this is based on the results that we have researched which states that recreational sports alleviate the aggressive behavior caused by the COVID-19 and its major role in reducing the weakness of self-confidence caused by COVID-19 among adolescents, as well as mitigating the weakness of self-confidence under the COVID-19 pandemic Finally, the researchers recommend the necessity of practicing recreational sports activities in spare time.

The Role of Recreational Sports Activities in Reducing Some Psychological Problems Caused by Covid-19 Pandemic

Mostaganem, Laboratory of the sciences applied to human movement

Oum El Bouaghi, Laboratory of biological and psychological responses in physical and sports activity

Mostaganem, Laboratory evaluating physical and sports activities programs

Acta Facultatis Educationis Physicae Universitatis Comenianae

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This study is aimed at knowing the role of recreational sports activities in decreasing some psychological problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic among...

The Role of Recreational Sports Activities in Reducing Some Psychological Problems Caused by Covid-19 Pandemic

Published Online: Oct 30, 2021

Page range: 133 - 146

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/afepuc-2021-0012

Keywords
COVID-19, Psychological problems, Recreational sports activity

© 2021 Benyoucef Dahou et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The Role of Recreational Sports Activities in Reducing Some Psychological Problems Caused by Covid-19 Pandemic

Published Online: Oct 30, 2021

Page range: 133 - 146

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/afepuc-2021-0012

KeywordsCOVID-19, Psychological problems, Recreational sports activity

© 2021 Benyoucef Dahou et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
COVID-19, Psychological problems, Recreational sports activity