THE IMPACT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION (A CASE STUDY OF SOME SELECTED SCHOOLS IN EPE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF LAGOS STATE)

ABSTRACT The research work examine the impact of physical activity on psychological well being of student in the senior secondary school in Physical Education which was carried out in Lagos State .Four research objectives guided the study ,two research questions were raised and answered and three research hypotheses were also formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance . The population of the study consisted of all secondary school students in public senior secondary school in Epe Local Government,Lagos State .Multi stage sampling technique was used to select 6 public senior secondary schools .A purposive sampling technique and a simple random technique were used to select 6 public senior secondary schools. A sample of 120 respondents are randomly selected from the chosen public senior secondary schools within the study area.A self structured questionnaire Physical Activity among Secondary School Students Scale (PASSSS) and Perform Physical Activity Performance Test (PAPT) were used as instrument for data collection .Face and content validation of the instrument were conducted, resulting in a reliability coefficient of 0.76.The data collected were analyzed inferentially and descriptively. In this study , it was shown that physical activity had a great impact on the physiological well-being of students.On the basis of findings and conclusions, it was recommended that Government should invest in school infrastructure that promote physical activity such as ,parks , sport facilities and safe walking or biking paths.Also educators should guide students to resources such as local sports clubs , community centers, or school programs that promote physical activity and lastly parent should promote physical activities at home by encouraging their children to engage in sport, dance and outdoor play.