DOI: https://doi.org/10.36719/2706-6185/52/177-193
Ali Houiche
Mohamed Boudiaf University of M’sila
https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3470-8221
houiche.ali@univ-msila.dz
The Role of Recreational Physical Activity in Reducing Psychological Pressures During the Covid-19 Pandemic for Individuals with Physical Disabilities
Abstract
The research aims to know, in a detailed and direct manner, the role that recreational physical activity plays in the reducing and in the lessening of psychological pressures in the shadow and within the circumstances of the Corona Covid-19 pandemic for those persons who are physically disabled in their movement, and also its role in the reduction of the phenomenon of anxiety and of frustration. The descriptive method was used and applied on a sample that was composed of 20 physically disabled individuals from the Nour Club and the Amal Bousaada Club, belonging to this category in the Wilaya of M’sila and in the city of Bousaada.
As for the preparation of the questionnaire, it was based and constructed upon many of the previous studies that were directly related to the subject of this research. From the results that were obtained, we can point out the following:
• Recreational physical activity contributes in a high degree to the alleviation of the phenomenon of anxiety among the physically disabled in the light of the Corona Covid-19 crisis.
• Recreational physical activity contributes also in a high degree to the alleviation of the phenomenon of frustration among the physically disabled in the light of the Corona Covid-19 crisis.
Keywords: sports recreation, leisure time, physically disabled individuals, corona