Technical Analysis and Development of Single Bamboo Floating from the Perspective of Education and Psychology
Physical activity and sports performance among Ethiopianuniversity students: the moderating role of self-esteem and the mediating effect of stress
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The primary objective of this study was to investigate the impact of physical activity (PHA) on the academic performance (ACP) of university athletes in Ethiopia. The study also examined the moderating effect of self-esteem (SEE) and the mediating effect of stress control. In order to achieve the objectives of this study, the researchers adopted a quantitative cross-sectional design and employed well-established measurement instruments to evaluate the aforementioned variables. A purposive sampling technique was employed to gather data from a sample of 300 university sports students. The findings obtained from the application of Partial Least Squares (PLS)-Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) indicate a statistically significant and positive correlation between physical health attributes (PHA) and academic performance indicators (ACP). These results underscore the importance of incorporating physical fitness components into the academic curricula designed for university athletes. The study additionally showcased the efficacy of PHA as a stress management strategy by highlighting its notable impact on reducing stress levels. Furthermore, it has been observed that self-efficacy expectations (SEE) play a moderating role in the relationship between perceived academic performance (PHA) and academic career planning (ACP), thus emphasising the potential benefits of interventions aimed at enhancing SEE among students belonging to this particular demographic. The aforementioned observations contribute to a comprehensive understanding of the academic and psychological well-being of Ethiopian university athletes. Furthermore, they offer recommendations for tailored educational strategies aimed at fostering their overall development.
María Dolores Molina Poveda, Eduardo Galak
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The advent of cinema brought with it its use as a propaganda device with which to transmit ideals and doctrines. As a result, newsreels and cinema documentaries were born with the aim of showing the «most relevant» news of the country and abroad, the former with a shorter duration. In this study, the Spanish NO-DO and «Sucesos Argentinos» are used as primary sources to interpret the images and imaginaries that were projected between 1943 and 1955 on female physical culture. The intention is to understand the official discourse of both political regimes on what Argentinean and Spanish society should be like, especially by questioning those meanings about women. In total, 69 issues of NO-DO and 14 editions of «Sucesos Argentinos» have been found which aim to show female physical culture in this period. The female physical culture shown in both newsreels was aimed at strengthening women’s bodies so that they could carry out their «natural functions» (mother, wife, housewife), as well as highlighting their «inferiority» in relation to men through lower impact activities and the homogenization of bodies through clothing, and the performance of the same exercises in synchrony. And all this in countries with different regimes, but which, in the end, coincided.
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female physical culture, NO-DO, Sucesos Argentinos, propaganda, audio-visual images
