Perceived Effects of Sports Participation on reproductive Health of Female Athletes. A case study of female sports women at the West African University Games
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2006
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Onwuama, M.A.C
Babatunde, S.O.
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International Journal of Research and Contemporary Issues in Sports
Abstract
examined perceived effects of sports participation on reproductive ale athletes The study population was the entire sports women participated in 2006, West African University Games (W.AU.G) in Lagos.
The aim is to recommend ways by which the erroneous ideas held by of the society about female sports participation and its effects on reproductive health can be corrected. The survey research design was employed for the study and 120 sports women from West African sub-Region, through purposive sampling method constituted the study sample variables studied were: dependent variable of sports participation; and independent variables of menstrual cycle and pattern of athletes, marital life: sex appeal and physique, child bearing and sexual exposure. A self developed and validated validated questionnaire tagged (PESPFRHQ) with reliability of 0.90 was used for data collection. The 100 correctly filled questionnaire as provided answers to the 3 research questions Data collected was analyzed using the descriptive statistics of frequency counts percentages inferential statistics of Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient in determine the relationships. The results revealed that: Sports participation Home pot interfere with the menstrual cycle and pattern of athletes 65(65%); marilal life 94(94%); Sex appeal and physique 88(88%); child bearing 100/100%) and sexual exposure 93(93%). The variables when subjected to Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient test correlated (menstrual cycle = -221; marital life, 0.374; sex appeal and physique, 0.010) significant at 0.05 level of significance. Indicating poor relationship between the dependent and independent variables. Based on the findings, the following conclusions were made: That Sports participation for female athletes does not interfere with any of the reproductive functions of the female athletes
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Sports Participation , Female , Reproductive Health , Lagos State , Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Education
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Onwuama, M.A.C., & Babatunde, S.O. (2006). Perceived Effects of Sports Participation on reproductive Health of Female Athletes. A case study of female sports women at the West African University Games. International Journal of Research and Contemporary Issues in Sports. 1(1). 79-85