Pattern of Facebook Usage and its Impacts on Physical Activity

Authors

  • Muhammad Adnan
  • Faisal Mehmood
  • Bilal Ahmad

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51846/the-sky.v5i1.1040

Keywords:

Facebook; faculty of Allied Health Science; Physical activity; Male and female; young adults.

Abstract

Objectives:  The study was to find out the relationship between Facebook usage and participation in physical activities.

Methods: During the year 2020, a cross-sectional study was conducted on 250 identified students from 5000 in the faculty of Allied Health Science at the University of Lahore, Pakistan. According to this survey use the technique of convenience sampling, after the formula of sampling by Yamane (1967). All of the questioners of the independent and the dependent variable are used for the measure Facebook addiction of the participation in physical activity.

Results: Demographic data male participation 134 (53.6%) and 116 (46%) females in this study. The relationship among variables is .11, which is significant at p> .001. This result shows that there is a greater than a 0.1% chance that the independent variable (F.B) affects participation in the physical activity. The study reveals the limited benefits excessive use of Facebook is a little effect on participation in physical activity.

Conclusion: As per this result, the limited benefits excessive use of Facebook is a little effect on participation in physical activity; another aspect may be an effect on the participation on the physical activity like social, educational, behavioral and economic, etc.

Author Biographies

Muhammad Adnan

Divisional Coach (Gymnastics) at Punjab Sports Department, Pakistan

Faisal Mehmood

Lecurer at Govt. College Daska, Punjab Education Department, Pakistan.

Bilal Ahmad

PhD Scholar at University of Management and Technology, Pakistan

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Published

10-12-2021

How to Cite

Adnan, M., Mehmood, F., & Ahmad, B. (2021). Pattern of Facebook Usage and its Impacts on Physical Activity. THE SKY-International Journal of Physical Education and Sports Sciences (IJPESS), 5(1), 44–60. https://doi.org/10.51846/the-sky.v5i1.1040

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2021)

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