التحديات الاجتماعية للممارسة الرياضية لدى النساء : دراسة ميدانية على عينة من طالبات الجامعة

Abstract EN

The aim of the current paper is to identify the social challenges facing women in practicing sports in Egyptian society.

the two researchers have used the sample social survey method, where they applied the field study upon a sample of female students at Assiut university (n = 396), whom are selected from faculty of arts and faculty of science.

a scale designed by the researchers is used after subjecting it to arbitration.

the study findings have revealed that there are many social and cultural challenges that are related to the self-view of the woman’s body, as well as to the organizational and academic level of the university, which stand in the way of female students practicing sports and participating at activities.

also, the presence of economic challenges and family limits regarding girls' practice of sport activity.

the results of the research also indicated that the impact degree of social, cultural, economic and family challenges in the countryside is greater than the degree of their impact in the urban areas, and this may be due from the researchers’ point of view that the presence of societal and cultural customs and traditions against girls’ practice of sports activity, and that the financial burdens on the rural community are greater of urban sports activity.