The Role of Physical Activities influence on Possible Selves and Birth Order: Survey Study on Salt City

Saleh  Al- Zubi; Majed  Al- Khaya; Haasan  Aloran

doi:10.35516/hum.v49i5.2822

Authors

Saleh Al- Zubi Al-Balqa Applied University.
Majed Al- Khaya Al-Balqa Applied University.
Haasan Aloran The University of Jordan.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/hum.v49i5.2822

Keywords:

Physical activities, possible selves, birth order

Abstract

The practice of physical activities is one of the most important that reduce many health and psychological problems for individuals. The main target of this study is to know the role of physical activities impact on possible selves, therefore the degree of different practice of physical activities according to the variables birth order, gender, age, weight. The study used cluster random sampling, therefore collected data were from (580) males and females on Salt City, two instruments were developed, one to measure the physical activities consisted of (18) items, and second to measure possible selves consisted of (24) items distributed on five dimensions. The main results showed the role of practice physical activities to increase the levels of possible selves, in addition the results showed a general inferior of practice physical activity among the study sample. Therefore, there were statistically significant differences for the birth order in favor of the older child, the gender in favor of males, the age in favor of the age group above sixty years, and the weight in favor of people whose weight ranged between (90-100) kg. The study recommended more studies on Jordanian society Cities to provide all means that encourage people to practice physical activities, such as providing free sports centers, and providing safe places when practicing physical activities.

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