The Effect of Recreative Activities on Hopelessness Level of The Students
Year: 2010
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: Purpose. The purpose of this study to verify the effects of the recreative activities to the student’s hopelessness level at 13 years old children. In our study 30 female ( age:13) and 24 male (age:13) students from Kocaeli Ataturk Primary School have participated as volunteer. Methods.The labour that was organised to observe the exchange of children’s ranks of dispair, continued 8 weeks, 2 days per weeks, 1 hours per days. The students that have attended the research were tested before and after the activities. The test, had each 20 questions, were about “Beck Hopelessness Scale”. Results. The datas were appraised according to Beck Hopelessness Scale. After the evaluation of the datas, the dispertion about the frequency and percentiles were tabulated. According to results of Willcoxon Signed Ranks Test, there were no meaningful discrepancy between the first and the last test scores of boys. However, it is founden between the first and the last test scores of girls, meaningful discrepancy about (p<0.05). Conclusions. This study showed that hopelessness level can be develop by recreative activities in children. By focusing on these kinds of activities in schools, it will provide an improvement of hopelessness level of children, also a quiet and independent life.
Source: Kocaeli Üniversitesi - AVESİS
Language: English
Subfield: Applied Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1936404480