Modeling the Types of Physical Activity on Quality of Life, Life Expectancy and Life Satisfaction in Female Teachers; a Case Study of Qom City

Aims: Physical activity is effective in flourishing various aspects of the personality of society and plays an important role in the health of society. The purpose of current study was to model the types of physical activity on quality of life, life expectancy and life satisfaction in female teacher...

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Main Authors: Tahereh Nedaei, Zahra Eyn Ali Harmooshi
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Language:English
Published: Hamadan University of Medical Sciences 2020-09-01
Series:Journal of Education and Community Health
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Online Access:http://jech.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-734-en.pdf
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description Aims: Physical activity is effective in flourishing various aspects of the personality of society and plays an important role in the health of society. The purpose of current study was to model the types of physical activity on quality of life, life expectancy and life satisfaction in female teachers of Qom city Instruments & Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 140 female teachers in Qom city in the academic year 2017-2018 who were selected by convenience sampling method. The research instruments were the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), 36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) and, Snyderchr('39')s Hope Scale. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistical and Pearson correlation test and structural equation modeling using the SPSS 22 and AMOS 20 software. Findings: Work, sport and leisure physical activity had significant relationship with quality of life, life expectancy and life satisfaction. Also quality of life and life expectancy played a partial mediator role in relation to physical activity and life satisfaction. Conclusions: Doing physical activities by increasing the quality of life and life expectancy leads to increasing the life satisfaction in female teachers.
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spelling doaj-art-06f3e0c4fa554fec91cc3d1ed14ae5ab2025-08-20T03:10:42ZengHamadan University of Medical SciencesJournal of Education and Community Health2383-23122383-23122020-09-017321322010.29252/jech.7.3.213Modeling the Types of Physical Activity on Quality of Life, Life Expectancy and Life Satisfaction in Female Teachers; a Case Study of Qom CityTahereh Nedaei0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4638-6426 Zahra Eyn Ali Harmooshi1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7170-2665Physical Education and Sports Sciences Department, Faculty of Humanities and Letters, University of Qom, Qom, Iran.Physical Education and Sports Sciences Department, Faculty of Humanities and Letters, University of Qom, Qom, Iran.Aims: Physical activity is effective in flourishing various aspects of the personality of society and plays an important role in the health of society. The purpose of current study was to model the types of physical activity on quality of life, life expectancy and life satisfaction in female teachers of Qom city Instruments & Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 140 female teachers in Qom city in the academic year 2017-2018 who were selected by convenience sampling method. The research instruments were the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), 36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) and, Snyderchr('39')s Hope Scale. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistical and Pearson correlation test and structural equation modeling using the SPSS 22 and AMOS 20 software. Findings: Work, sport and leisure physical activity had significant relationship with quality of life, life expectancy and life satisfaction. Also quality of life and life expectancy played a partial mediator role in relation to physical activity and life satisfaction. Conclusions: Doing physical activities by increasing the quality of life and life expectancy leads to increasing the life satisfaction in female teachers.http://jech.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-734-en.pdfphysical activityquality of lifelife satisfactionlife expectancyteachersfemale
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Journal of Education and Community Health
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quality of life
life satisfaction
life expectancy
teachers
female
title Modeling the Types of Physical Activity on Quality of Life, Life Expectancy and Life Satisfaction in Female Teachers; a Case Study of Qom City
title_full Modeling the Types of Physical Activity on Quality of Life, Life Expectancy and Life Satisfaction in Female Teachers; a Case Study of Qom City
title_fullStr Modeling the Types of Physical Activity on Quality of Life, Life Expectancy and Life Satisfaction in Female Teachers; a Case Study of Qom City
title_full_unstemmed Modeling the Types of Physical Activity on Quality of Life, Life Expectancy and Life Satisfaction in Female Teachers; a Case Study of Qom City
title_short Modeling the Types of Physical Activity on Quality of Life, Life Expectancy and Life Satisfaction in Female Teachers; a Case Study of Qom City
title_sort modeling the types of physical activity on quality of life life expectancy and life satisfaction in female teachers a case study of qom city
topic physical activity
quality of life
life satisfaction
life expectancy
teachers
female
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