Journal of
Physical Education and Sport Management

  • Abbreviation: J. Phys. Educ. Sport Manag.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-6486
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPESM
  • Start Year: 2010
  • Published Articles: 83

Table of Content: January-June 2021; 12(1)

April 2021

Assessment of the practices and perceptions towards age estimation among the sports fraternity in Uganda

Local sports administrators are faced with a challenge of upholding fairness and protecting the health of their players due to the difficulties they face to determine the right age categories of athletes. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore the practices of how age estimation is performed in the sports fraternity in Uganda. The study was qualitative and it involved 19 participants who were purposively...

Author(s): Annet Nankwanga, Kutesa Annet, Asiimwe Ismail and Nabagala Grace

April 2021

Body image, self-esteem and health behaviour among senior high school students in Offinso Municipality of Ashanti Region, Ghana

Body image perception has become a public health issue globally. Positive or negative feelings about one self can be influenced by individual and environmental factors. Research has shown that dissatisfaction with body image can have an impact on an individual’s quality of life including an individual’s self-esteem, interpersonal confidence, eating and exercise behaviours.  This study investigated the...

Author(s): Rilwan Yahaya, Daniel Apaak and Thomas Hormenu  

April 2021

Promoting sportsmanship awareness: An application of teaching a personal and social responsibility model in middle school physical education

This research study, aims to examine the influence that an intervention program based on the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) model and the multidimensional approach to sportsmanship has on middle school students. Researchers focused on the detection and examination of improvements on students’ sportsmanship awareness and contributions to their moral and character development. Participants were...

Author(s): Roberto Duro Sanchez, Timothy Hanrahan and James Concannon