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The effect of leisure time on happiness between ballet athletes

Publish Year: 1393
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The effect of leisure time on happiness between ballet athletes abstract

Background: Paying attention to sports psychology and positive emotions such as happiness is a vital issue. Investigating the effects of leisure time on the ballet athletehappiness is the subject of the present study. Materials and methods: The statistical population of the present study consists of 700female ballet athletes who are exercising in ballet clubs at 3, 7 and 12 districts of Tehran of whom 120 people were randomly selected as an adequate sample size. The research method is descriptive-correlative. Moreover, this study uses a researcher-made questionnaire used byErshadi in 2011 with a Cronbach alpha of 0.93 which includes 30 items with 6 subscales assessing leisure satisfaction, cultural influences, the role of the university in leisure time,academic achievement, health and leisure time. Furthermore, Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ) with a Cronbach alpha of 0.90 has been standardized by Hadinejad(2010) and includes 29 items with Self-esteem, satisfaction, subjective well-being andpositive mood subscales. Results and Discussions: The results indicate that there is a significant correlation between leisure and its components and happiness and its components in ballet athletes. Besides, there is a significant correlation between leisure time and happiness in ballet athletes. There is alsosignificant multiple correlations between leisure time and happiness in ballet athletes. In addition, parts of the ballet athletes happiness levels was directly explained by active leisure time, academic achievement, health and leisure satisfaction with an error rate of 0.083. Conclusion: Life satisfaction and happy leisure time alongside our rich and invaluable Islamic society with its proper socio-cultural norms and standards of good morals will bringyouths to happiness and perfection. It is recommended to replace happiness with another variable and investigation its relationship with leisure time via a sport-oriented approach. In future research, other assessment tools can be used on the study of leisure.

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Farnoosh Tehrani Adib

Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran

Zinate Nikaeen

Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Islamic Azad University, central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran

Ali Zarei

Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Islamic Azad University, central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran