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Title: University Recreational Facilities Service Quality and Students’ Physical
Activity Level.” Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol. 224, June 2016, pp. 207–
212, 10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.05.443
Purpose: This peer-reviewed article assesses the relationship between the quality
physical activity level undertaken by students and the university recreational facilities
(Abdullah and Norshahizat 207). In Malaysia, many college learners have been reluctant to
partake in exercises and fitness programs that stimulate their psychological and physiological
well-being.
Problem: The problem is that many Malaysian universities have a variety of
recreational services but students are not robustly utilizing them. Furthermore, such
institutions are investing a lot of funds in managing and maintaining recreational sport and
athletic facilities, and the learners are not maximizing such opportunities to bolster their
mental health and well-being (Abdullah and Norshahizat 207). The management and hygiene
of this fitness equipment in Malaysian universities have made students reluctant and lazy in
committing themselves to such programs.
Procedure: The procedure uses the cross-sectional approach where the student
sample size is (n=390) from three Malaysian universities. This is done through an in-depth
cluster sampling technique. Data collection techniques include the use of service quality
surveys and questionnaires (Abdullah and Norshahizat 209). Moreover, the questionnaire
encompasses three dimensions namely operations quality, staff competency, and facility
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ambiance. Furthermore, the measurement will include the utilization of the Likert scale and
the metabolic equivalent of task (MET-minutes). Statistical Package for social sciences
(SPSS) is used to analyze the data.
Results: Under the three dimensions, the respondents say that the three Malaysian
universities do not have excellent fitness equipment. Moreover, the students posit that
operations quality makes them abstain from undertaking the finesses process at the university
(Abdullah and Norshahizat 211). Half of the university students engage in low physical
activity programs.
Conclusion: The study claims that there is no positive correlation existing between
student’s physical activity and the university's recreational facilities. Therefore, the
management of teams and quality fitness equipment should be adopted by all higher learning
institutions.
Works Cited
Abdullah, Norazlin, and Norshahizat Mohamad. “University Recreational Facilities Service
Quality and Students’ Physical Activity Level.” Procedia - Social and Behavioral
Sciences, vol. 224, June 2016, pp. 207–212, 10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.05.443.