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DEVELOPING OF LIFESTYLES AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS

Azhar Hashim Alwan Al-Ithari & Asst Prof . Entesar Hashim Mahdi Al-Zaide , phD

Volume: 9 Issue: 1 2019

Abstract:

The aim of the present study was to identify adolescents and adults lifestyles according to age (14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22) years, and to identify the degree of development of lifestyle in adolescents and adults depending on age. There is a difference in the degree of life styles according to the difference in age and gender. The sample consisted of (420) male and female students from middle and middle school and university in Muthanna governorate from the study society which consists of (24724) male and female students. Morris' methods of life are a suitable tool for measuring living methods Of adolescents and adults, and to verify the validity and reliability of measurement tool in the current research, the researcher by submitting it to a group of experts and got their approval of all of these components. The researcher also verified the validity of the construction of the measuring instrument by applying it to a sample of (300) individuals. The researcher adopted the following indicators (discrimination of vertebrae and veracity of verbs, correlation of the degree of the paragraph to the total degree of the scale). The researcher verified the stability of the measuring instrument in two ways: re-testing, and the consistency of internal consistency (Alpha Kronbach). The life-style measure in the final form is (13) method. The researcher used the T-Test for two independent samples, Pearson correlation coefficient, cronbach, single-sample T-test, binary variance analysis, post-bifurcation Chevy tests, and Ka-square test) for data processing . The present study found the following results: 1. The results of this study showed that adolescents and adults have a high degree of life style in general and by gender and age. 2. The results showed an evolutionary course of life for adolescents, adults and ages (14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22). 3. There is no interaction between the variables of age and gender in the methods of love. In the light of the current research results, the researcher made a number of recommendations and suggestions.

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