scholarly journals An Evaluation into the Physical Activities of Housewives at Different Educational Level (Case of Amasya)

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 206
Author(s):  
İskender Güler
Keyword(s):  
Educational Level ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Physical Activity Assessment ◽  
Activity Assessment ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Recovery Times ◽  
Pearson Correlation Analysis ◽  
Assessment Questionnaire

The main premise of this paper is to examine the physical activities of housewives at different educational level in the center of Amasya Province. A total of 340 volunter housewives from different socioeconomic status were randomly recruited. We collected the data through the Physical Activity Assessment Questionnaire (PAAQ). We employed descriptive statistics, including mean, standart deviation, minimum and maximum values, frequencies and percentages regarding physical qualities and activities. We performed the a Pearson Correlation Analysis to evaluate the relationships between physical qualities and activities. Based on the statistics, the distribution of the weekly activities of the participants are as follows: 44.4% of housewives walking, 8.8% jogging, 80.0% housework, 51.8% shopping, 52.4% climbing up stairs (40 steps or less). 2.4% doing step-aerobic activities, 24.1% babysitting, 2.6% using a computer and 52.2% watching television. Further, we found that as the education level of housewives increased, their use of cars and reaching a destination on foot increased (p < 0.05, p < 0.01); that BMI levels decreased significantly (p < 0.01) with the increase in education levels, working days and on foot transportation, and BMI levels increased (p < 0.01) with the increase in passive recovery times. In conclusion, it can be suggested that housewives in Amasya have some levels of physical activities to some extent, but these activities are mostly walking, shopping, babysitting and doing households.

scholarly journals Development and Psychometrics of a Theory-Based Physical Activity Assessment Questionnaire for the Pregnant Women (PA2Q-PW)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leila Kianfard ◽  
Shamsaddin Niknami ◽  
Farkhonde Amin Shokravi ◽  
Sakineh Rakhshanderou
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Physical Activity Behavior ◽  
Physical Activity Assessment ◽  
Cultural Model ◽  
Activity Assessment ◽  
Standard Tool ◽  
Education Interventions ◽  
Theoretical Foundations ◽  
Assessment Questionnaire

Abstract Backgrounds & Aims: There is evidence that physical activity plays an essential role in preventing pregnancy-related diseases. This study aimed to develop and design a theory-based physical activity assessment questionnaire for pregnant women (PA2Q-PW). Methods: The PEN-3 cultural model provided the theoretical foundations for the four subscales of our designed instrument; knowledge, attitude, nurture, and enabling. The primary questionnaire was designed with 41 items, and the questionnaire was modified according to the experts' reviews. At last, a group of 400 pregnant women participated in a study to calculate the psychometrics of the tool. Results: The highest score was seen in the knowledge subscale of PA2Q-PW, and the value of Cronbach's alpha for the subscales was from 0.89 to 0.97, and the value of ICC was from 0.76 to 0.89. The correlation (CVI & CVR indices) between the experts was satisfactory in all items of PA2Q-PW. The minimum loading factor for varimax rotation in the knowledge subscale was 0.41; the attitude was 0.56, nurtures were 0.38, and enabling was 0.27. Conclusion: PA2Q-PW is the first standard tool based on the PEN-3 cultural model that researchers can utilize to gather data and conduct the desired education interventions to change physical activity behavior in pregnant women during pregnancy.

scholarly journals Aggression levels of hearing impaired athletes: A comparison on individual and team sportsİşitme engelli sporcuların saldırganlık düzeyleri: Bireysel ve takım sporu üzerine bir karşılaştırma

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 3221
Author(s):  
Meltem Işık ◽  
İbrahim Kılıç ◽  
Kübra Aksoy
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Team Sports ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Pearson Correlation Analysis ◽  
Data Collection Technique ◽  
Individual Sports ◽  
Impaired Children

In hearing-impaired children, the opportunities for sportive activities from early chıldhood period are important for the development of physical and social skills. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of aggressiveness in hearing impaired athletes who perform individual and team sports. The sample of the research was consisted 109 hearing-impaired athletes participating in Hearing Impaired Basketball (n= 64) and Taekwondo (n=45) players Turkey Championship in 2016. A five-point Likert type Buss-Perry aggression scale was used as the data collection technique in the study. In the analysis of the data obtained in the study, descriptive statistics as well as independent t test and pearson correlation analysis were used. According to the results of this research; It was found that the level of aggression of hearing-impaired basketball players is higher than taekwondo players. It was also found that there was a negative correlation between age and aggression levels. As a result; It has been found that the levels of hostility subscales and general aggression levels of hearing impaired team sports athletes are higher than individual sports athletes.Extended English abstract is in the end of PDF (TURKISH) file. Özetİşitme engelli çocuklarda, erken dönemden itibaren süren sportif etkinlik olanakları fiziksel ve sosyal becerilerin gelişmesi açısından önemli görülmektedir. Bu araştırmanın amacı, bireysel ve takım sporu yapan işitme engelli sporcuların, saldırganlık düzeylerinin belirlenmesidir. Araştırmanın örneklemini, 2016 yılında İşitme Engelliler Basketbol (n= 64) ve Taekwondo (n= 45) Türkiye Şampiyonasına katılan toplam 109 işitme engelli sporcu oluşturmaktadır.  Araştırmada veri toplama tekniği olarak, 5’li likert tipi Buss-Perry saldırganlık ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Çalışmada elde edilen verilerin analizinde tanımlayıcı istatistiklerin yanı sıra, independent t testi ve pearson korelasyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Bu araştırmanın sonuçlarına göre; işitme engelli basketbol oynayanların saldırganlık düzeyinin taekwondo sporu yapanlardan daha yüksek olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca yaş ile saldırganlık düzeyi arasında negatif yönlü anlamlı ilişki olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Sonuç olarak; işitme engelli basketbolcuların düşmanlık alt ölçek ortalamaları ile genel saldırganlık düzeylerinin taekwondoculara nazaran daha yüksek olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

scholarly journals Influence of Customers Brand Judgement on the Brand Image in Television Industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 2892-2895
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Brand Image ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Television Industry ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Pearson Correlation Analysis

Brand image is the most deciding factor of the sales of a product and it is so important because it is the collection of views and beliefs linked to a certain brand. The value and character of that particular brand are portrayed through its image and is eventually that mirror in which the key values of the organization is reflected. The objective of this paper is to analyze the influence of customer brand judgment on brand image in the Television industry. A descriptive research design is used for this study. The sample may be drawn from the top three television brands in India such as Sony, Samsung, and LG. The three brands of television users are considered as respondents to collect the data, the total samples are 517. Descriptive statistics, frequency, regression, and Pearson correlation analysis were used to analyze the data to identify the variance and relationship between independent and dependent variables. It is observed that quality, consideration, and feeling are positively influenced by the brand image. Credibility and superiority are negatively influencing the brand image.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Perceptions of Winning and Achievement Goals of Female Basketball Players

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3S) ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
Fatma Çepikkurt ◽  
Esen Kızıldağ Kale
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
T Test ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Pearson Correlation Analysis ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this study was to measure the levels of perceptions of winning and determine the achievement goals of female basketball players, and to investigate the relationship between the two. Ninety-two female basketball players between the ages of 16 and 31 (Xage=19.45± 3.46; Xsportage= 6.97± 4.64) participated in this study. In order to measure the participants’ perceptions related to winning, the “Perception of Winning Scale”, developed by Okur and Güven (2012), was used. The "2x2 Achievement Goals Questionnaire”, developed by Conroy et al. (2003) and adapted for Turkish by Kazak Çetinkalp et al. (2009), was used to determine the achievement goals of the participants. Descriptive statistics, Pearson Product-Moment Multiplication Correlation Analysis, and the independent t-test were used to analyse the data. The participants scored high on the Perception of Winning Scale, while their highest mean scores on the 2x2 Achievement Goals Questionnaire were on the “mastery approach” subscale. Pearson correlation analysis revealed the existence of a statistically significant and positive correlation between winning perception and performance-approach and between winning perception and performance-avoidance. The results of this study indicated that the participating female basketball players perceived winning as being ahead of others, being superior to or not being surpassed by others, and not being behind others. We thus concluded that they attributed winning to external factors.

scholarly journals Structural Relationship among Parent’s Play Participation, Young Children’s Playfulness, Self-regulation and Happiness

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-82
Author(s):  
Youseok Choi ◽  
Jiyoung Lim
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Structural Relationships ◽  
Pearson Correlation Analysis

This study examined the structural relationships among parent’s play participation, children’s playfulness, selfregulation and happiness. In this Study, subjects were 274 children who were 4 through 5 years old. The participants included 274 preschoolers’ parents and their teachers in D city. The parents completed questionnaires regarding parent’s play participation with their children and children’s self-regulation. The teachers completed questionnaires regarding preschoolers’ happiness and playfulness. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, pearson correlation analysis and mediation analysis based on structural equation modeling with SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 23.0 program. Also, specific indirect effects were analyzed using AMOS user-defined estimand function. The primary results of this study were as follows. 1) The parent’s play participation had an influence upon children’s playfulness and self-regulation. 2) The children’s playfulness had an influence upon children’s self-regulation and happiness. 3) The children’s self-regulation had an influence upon children’s happiness. 4) Between the parent’s play participation and children’s happiness were mediated by the children’s playfulness and self-regulation. This study revealed that parent’s play participation, children’s playfulness and self-regulation need to be considered simultaneously to explain the level of the children’s happiness. The results highlight the structural relationships among parent’s play participation, children’s playfulness, self-regulation and happiness.

scholarly journals EXAMINING MOTIVATION LEVELS OF FEMALE VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS AND COACH -PLAYER RELATIONSHIPS

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 283-289
Author(s):  
Nalan Aksakal ◽  
Türkan Nihan Sabırlı ◽  
Serdar Kocaekşi ◽  
Ayça Tokat
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Internal Motivation ◽  
Meaningful Relationship ◽  
Volleyball Players ◽  
Pearson Correlation Analysis ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Women's Volleyball

The aim of this study is to examine player-coach relationships and its relevance to motivational processes. The participants of the study were 93 players who played in the matches qualifying for Turkish 1st Women’s Volleyball League in 2018. The study used Player-Coach Relationship Inventory and Motivation in Sports Scale as the data collection instruments. The data obtained were analyzed by using SPSS 20 software, descriptive statistics and Pearson Correlation analysis. The findings of the study revealed no statistically meaningful relationship between player-coach relationship and external motivation and amotivation. However, there was a meaningful relationship between player-coach relationship and internal motivation (r=, 246). Similarly, a meaningful relationship was found between “the duration of player-coach relationship” and the sub dimensions of player-coach relationship, which are “commitment” (r=, 293), “closeness” (r=, 325) and “complementarity” (r=, 325). In short, it can be concluded that as the relationship between players and the coach improves, motivation increases, and as the duration of this relationship increases, player-coach relationship is affected positively.

Effect of Visual Feedback on the Static and Kinematic Characteristics of Handwriting

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 5-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Pertsinakis
Keyword(s):  
Visual Feedback ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Movement Analysis ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Software Module ◽  
Medium Education ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Pen Tablet ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Document Examiners

Research on visual feedback has not produced consistent results to show how visual feedback or the lack, thereof, influences individual handwriting characteristics. A two-pronged approach was designed to investigate the degree of this influence. For this purpose, samples of signatures as well as cursive and block text, written with and without visual feedback, were collected from 40 volunteers and imported into a PC via a pen tablet, using an electronic inking pen. The data was analyzed in a handwriting movement analysis software module specially designed for this research that was added to the software MovAlyzeR by Neuroscript LLC. Two forensic document examiners (FDEs) independently analyzed samples from the two groups (samples executed with normal visual feedback versus the group of samples executed without visual feedback). They found no fundamental differences between these two groups. Their analyses also demonstrated that a large number of similarities existed in the general design of the allographs (alternative forms of a letter or other grapheme) and in the pictorial aspects, regardless of the complexity of the samples. In the cursive and block handwriting, four main qualitative characteristics were linked to the absence of visual feedback: change of overall size, non-uniformity of left margins, change of baseline alignment, and inclusion of extra trajectories. The statistical analysis verified the above findings. The comparative analysis also suggests that gender, educational level (above high school) and handedness create an insignificant influence on the individual characteristics of writing produced with and without visual feedback. The only notable exception is the relationship between signature duration and educational level. The volunteers with a medium education level showed a significant increase in duration while signing their names without visual feedback in comparison to those with higher education levels. The combination of the above findings suggests that handwriting is not fundamentally influenced by visual feedback.  Purchase Article - $10

Impact of mandibular prognathism on morphology and loadings in temporomandibular joints

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingheng Shu ◽  
Quanyi Wang ◽  
Desmond Y.R. Chong ◽  
Zhan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Morphological Parameters ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Mandibular Prognathism ◽  
Temporomandibular Joints ◽  
Pearson Correlation Analysis ◽  
Von Mises ◽  
Von Mises Stresses ◽  
Asymptomatic Subjects

AbstractLoadings in temporomandibular joints (TMJs) are essential factors in dysfunction of TMJs, and are barely noticed in treatment of maxillofacial deformity. The only approach, which can access stresses in TMJs, could expend day’s even weeks to complete. The objective of the study was to compare the differences of the morphological and biomechanical characteristics of TMJs between asymptomatic subjects and patients with mandibular prognathism, and to preliminarily analyze the connection between the two kinds of characteristics. Morphological measurements and finite element analysis (FEA) corresponding to the central occlusion were carried out on the models of 13 mandibular prognathism patients and 10 asymptomatic subjects. The results indicated that the joint spaces of the patients were significantly lower than those of the asymptomatic subjects, while the stresses of patients were significantly greater than those of asymptomatic subjects, especially the stresses on discs. The results of Pearson correlation analysis showed that weak or no correlations were found between the von Mises stresses and the joint spaces of asymptomatic subjects, while moderate, even high correlations were found in the patients. Thus, it was shown to be a feasible way to use morphological parameters to predict the internal loads of TMJs.

Identification and Validation of a Seven m6A-related lncRNAs Signature Predicting Prognosis of Ovarian Cancer

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Li ◽  
Xiaoying Wang ◽  
Yue Han ◽  
Xun Li
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Prognostic Value ◽  
Cox Regression ◽  
Risk Group ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Cox Regression Analysis ◽  
Pearson Correlation Analysis

Abstract Background: Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play an important role in angiogenesis, immune response, inflammatory response and tumor development and metastasis. m6 A (N6 - methyladenosine) is one of the most common RNA modifications in eukaryotes. The aim of our research was to investigate the potential prognostic value of m6A-related lncRNAs in ovarian cancer (OC).Methods: The data we need for our research was downloaded from the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. Pearson correlation analysis between 21 m6A regulators and lncRNAs was performed to identify m6A-related lncRNAs. Univariate Cox regression analysis was implemented to screen for lncRNAs with prognostic value. A least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) Cox regression and multivariate Cox regression analyses was used to further reduct the lncRNAs with prognostic value and construct a m6A-related lncRNAs signature for predicting the prognosis of OC patients. Results: 275 m6A-related lncRNAs were obtained using pearson correlation analysis. 29 m6A-related lncRNAs with prognostic value was selected through univariate Cox regression analysis. Then, a seven m6A-related lncRNAs signature was identified by LASSO Cox regression. Each patient obtained a riskscore through multivariate Cox regression analyses and the patients were classified into high-and low-risk group using the median riskscore as a cutoff. Kaplan-Meier curve revealed that the patients in high-risk group have poor outcome. The receiver operating characteristic curve revealed that the predictive potential of the m6A-related lncRNAs signature for OC was powerful. The predictive potential of the m6A-related lncRNAs signature was successfully validated in the GSE9891, GSE26193 datasets and our clinical specimens. Multivariate analyses suggested that the m6A-related lncRNAs signature was an independent prognostic factor for OC patients. Moreover, a nomogram based on the expression level of the seven m6A-related lncRNAs was established to predict survival rate of patients with OC. Finally, a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network associated with the seven m6A-related lncRNAs was constructed to understand the possible mechanisms of the m6A-related lncRNAs involed in the progression of OC.Conclusions: In conclusion, our research revealed that the m6A-related lncRNAs may affect the prognosis of OC patients and identified a seven m6A-related lncRNAs signature to predict the prognosis of OC patients.

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