Journal Article

اتجاهات كبار السن نحو الترويح في وقت الفراغ وفقاً لبعض المتغيرات

شوكت، عبدالحميد أبو بكر صالح

2025

Overview

The current research aims to identify the attitudes of the elderly towards recreation in leisure time according to the variables of the pre-retirement age stage, from the age of (50 to less than 60) years, and the post-retirement age, from the age of (60 to 70) years, and the gender (male - female),the nature of the place (rural - urban), educational levels (higher education - preparatory, secondary and equivalent - literacy and primary). The most important results reached by the researcher indicated that the average responses of the research sample of elderly people were between (2.67: 4.43) on all items and dimensions of the scale, which means that there are highly positive trends towards recreation in free time. There are statistically significant differences at the level of ( 0.05) in gender between males and females on the third dimension in favor of females. There are also no statistical differences in gender between males and females on the first dimension, the second dimension and the fourth dimension according to the gender variable, and there are no statistical differences in the environmental distribution variable between rural and urban areas on the first dimension. The urban sample (174) outperformed the rural sample (234), as there were statistically significant differences at the level (0.05) in the environmental distribution variable between rural and urban areas in favor of urban areas on the second dimension, the concept of recreation, the third dimension returning from recreation, and the fourth dimension, socialization for recreation. There are statistically significant differences at the level of (0.05) in the age stage between the pre-retirement age of (50:60) and the post-retirement age of (61:70) on the third dimension in favor of the pre-retirement age of (50:60), and finally, education has a clear and obvious role. In the superiority of the responses of those with higher education as one of the levels of education towards the dimensions of the scale at both the preparatory and secondary educational levels and their equivalent in second place, and at the literacy and primary levels in third place. The researcher recommended the necessity of applying the Attitudes Towards Recreation and Leisure Time Scale, prepared by Prof. Dr. Mohamed El Hamahmy, to the rest of the governorates of the Arab Republic of Egypt to identify the different trends of Egyptian societies towards leisure and leisure time, as society is constantly changing and does not adhere to a specific ideology.

• Publisher: جامعة بني سويف - كلية التربية الرياضية
• Subject: الترويح الرياضي / الصحة النفسية / كبار السن / وقت الفراغ