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标题：IMPACT OF SPORT TYPES ON HAPPINESS OF UNIVERSITY ATHLETES
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作者：SUKANTA GOSWAMI ; L.N. SARKAR
期刊名称：Journal of Physical Education Research
印刷版ISSN：2394-4048
电子版ISSN：2394-4056
出版年度：2016
卷号：3
期号：3
页码：91-100
语种：English
出版社：Dr. Arif Mohammad
摘要：The present study was designed to see the impact of different type of sports on happiness among the university athletes. Ninety adult participants completed the happiness inventory. The age level of the subjects was ranged from 21.12 ± 2.31 years. Athletes were divided into three sport groups (team, aquatic and combat) each group consists of 30 athletes on the basis of their type of sports. The applied instrument includes Oxford Happiness Questionnaire; had proper reliability and validity. Data have been analyzed with descriptive statistics and one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to find out the inter-group differences and post-hoc test i.e. Tukey HSD was used for further analysis. To test the hypothesis, the level of significance was set at 0.05. Overall, results indicate that the happiness of the athletes in team sport is significantly higher in comparison to that of the aquatic sport and combat sport athletes. The findings of this research indicates that team sport leads to increased life satisfaction, self-esteem, life satisfaction, self-esteem, subjective well-being, and positive mood. Team sports make you feel happier and more relaxed. It is thus possible that participating in sports produce long-lasting happiness. It can be said that team sport had a positive effect on reducing depression and negative mood. Athletes should be motivated and encouraged for having the habit of regular participates in team sports to improve the quality of life.