الاتجاه نحو النشاط الرياضي كمدخل لتحقيق الرضا عن الحياة لكبار السن من المترددين على الأندية الرياضية بمحافظة دمياط

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The current research aims to identify the "attitude towards sports activity as an entrance to achieve life satisfaction for the elderly who frequent sports clubs in Damietta Governorate", by identifying the preferred sports activities among the elderly who frequent sports clubs, as well as identifying the type of attitudes towards Practicing sports activity among the elderly who frequent sports clubs in Damietta Governorate., And also to identify the level of life satisfaction among the elderly, and to know the degree of contribution of the attitude towards sports activity in predicting the satisfaction with life among the elderly who frequent the sports clubs in Damietta Governorate.

In order to answer the research questions, the researchers used the descriptive approach.

Where the main sample consisted (152) of the elderly who frequent sports clubs in Damietta Governorate, their ages ranged from (55 years to more than 65 years), they were divided into two age groups from (55-65 years), (65 years and over), by (9) Sports clubs represented by (Kafr Saad Al-Riyadi – Al-Ahly in Faraskour – Al-Zarqa Al-Riyadi – Ras Al-Bar Al-Riyadh– Damietta Al-Riyadi– Ghazl Damietta– Al-Mustaqbal Al-Riyadh– Olympia Al-Riyadi – Wadi Degla Al-Riyadh)., The researchers used the Kennon scale of attitudes towards sports activity, which was Arabized by (Mohammed Hassan Allawi), and the measure of satisfaction with life for the elderly - prepared by the researchers.

The most important results indicated that the elderly participate in more than one of the sports activities, as it is clear that walking is the most popular sports activity that the elderly accept to practice with a rate of (32.85%).

Relatively) towards the dimensions of attitudes towards sports activity and towards the life satisfaction measure, as well as the existence of a direct correlation of life satisfaction for the elderly in terms of attitudes towards sports activity, which amounted to (0.319).

The researchers recommended the need to work on finding means that work to alleviate the suffering and pain of the elderly and postpone their weakness and inability to carry out the requirements of their daily life, by practicing sports activities and developing their attitudes towards them in order to feel satisfied with life.