Perceived Recreational Activities Influencing the Health Status of Students of Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
Keywords:
Students, Well-Being, enhancing, Recreational Activities, PerceivedAbstract
The study focused on perceived recreational activities influencing the health
status of students of Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, Imo
State, Nigeria. A self developed and validated questionnaire with reliability
coefficient of 0.84 was used as research instrument. The data were analysed with
percentages and binomial test. Five hundred students of Alvan Ikoku Federal
College of Education, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria served as sample for the study.
The results of the study showed that play (0.6100), swimming (0.6220), exercise
(0.7460), Relaxation (0.8180) and excursion (0.5960) were significantly positive.
This therefore showed that students perceived them as recreational activities
influencing their health status. Part of the recommendations was that the
government and school authorities should continue to encourage play, exercise,
relaxation, swimming and excursion among students by providing the necessary
facilities within the school environment.
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