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PARENTAL MOTIVES BEHIND THEIR CHILDREN PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS ACTIVITIES

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpessr.2021(IV-I).03      10.31703/gpessr.2021(IV-I).03      Published : Dec 2021

Parental Motives behind their Children Participation in Sports Activities

Abstract

    The aim of the study was to investigate the Parental Motives behind their Children Participation in Sports Activities. The population of this study comprised all the parents whose children were on role in government primary schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. There were total 50,000 (Fifty Thousands)parents whose children were on role in government primary schools of district bannu (Official Gateway Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2014). Convenient sampling procedure was adopted to collect the required information from the respondents; there was 500 sample of the study. The present study was carried out in the district Bannu KP Pakistan. Percentage, Mean and Standard Deviation was used for set hypotheses. It was found that that parent's involvement in sports in terms of their attitude, perception and motives has paramount significant in motivating children towards participation in sports, it was also heighted that that most of the parents wants to allow their children to participate in sports activities but financial limitation create hindrance in the way of their children sports participation. It was recommended by the researcher that Different kinds of sports program may be undertaken to increase sports participation right from gross roots level i.e. union council, tehsil and district level.

    Parental Motives, Sports Activities, Children Participation

    (1) Burhan Ullah
    Primary School Teacher, Elementary and Secondary Education, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Asghar Khan
    Instructor Physical Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, KP, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Ullah, B., & Khan, M. A. (2021). Parental Motives behind their Children Participation in Sports Activities. Global Physical Education and Sports Sciences Review, IV(I), 17-27. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpessr.2021(IV-I).03

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    CHICAGO : Ullah, Burhan, and Muhammad Asghar Khan. 2021. "Parental Motives behind their Children Participation in Sports Activities." Global Physical Education and Sports Sciences Review, IV (I): 17-27 doi: 10.31703/gpessr.2021(IV-I).03

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    HARVARD : ULLAH, B. & KHAN, M. A. 2021. Parental Motives behind their Children Participation in Sports Activities. Global Physical Education and Sports Sciences Review, IV, 17-27.

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    TURABIAN : Ullah, Burhan, and Muhammad Asghar Khan. "Parental Motives behind their Children Participation in Sports Activities." Global Physical Education and Sports Sciences Review IV, no. I (2021): 17-27. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpessr.2021(IV-I).03