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The Conceptive of Risk of Outdoor Adventure Activities Influence on an Individual’s Self-Confidence
(International Postgraduate Research Conference 2019, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Abeykoon, A.M.S.J.P.; Rajapaksha, R.P.D.D.
The risk when engaging with adventure activities could affect differently on the physical and mental wellbeing of a person. There are two types of adventure ‘soft adventure and hard adventure (Hudson, 2003) so it includes hard and soft risk. Humans are believed to comprehend risk through two fundamental mechanisms, an ‘‘analytic’’ system and an ‘‘experiential’ ’system (P.Solvic,M.L.Finucane,E.Peters, D.G.MacGregor, 2004). Hence, this research study focuses on the conceptive of risk of outdoor adventure activities' influence on an individual’s Self-confidence. Researchers are found that adventure risk impacts mind and health. But according to the literature review, there is no conceptualization. Also, in the Sri Lankan context, much research has been done on adventure activities and adventure locations. But there is a paucity of research on outdoor adventure risk. Therefore, there is a lack in the knowledge domain in terms of conceptualization and construct development for further empirical studies in the field. The field of outdoor adventure management has not developed empirical tools to measure the impact of outdoor adventure risk on an individual’s Self-confidence with a particular concern in the Sri Lankan context. Therefore, this research study fills the gap in terms of the measurement of outdoor adventure risk impact on an individual’s Self-confidence. A qualitative approach has been adopted with thematic analysis methods to answer the research question along with the main objective. The PRISMA methodology coded the content of each of the 35 journal articles based on the themes to identify the latent idea of the phenomenon. Content and construct validity methods were used to confirm the items related to the factors. It was 10 items that were above the value of the content validity of individual items (I-CVI) than 0.8 out of 7 items originally developed. Only 7 items were agreed by raters which were at a level of 1 in terms of I-CVI. Any researchers who have an interest in the field of outdoor adventure can use the conceptualized model which has 8 factors to measure the risk of outdoor adventure activities influence on an individual’s Self-confidence with empirical validation.
The Impact by Environmental Features of the Recreation Parks on the Continues Participation
(International Postgraduate Research Conference 2019, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Rajapaksha, R.P.D.D.; Abeykoon, A.M.S.J.P.
During the past few decades, the role of sport and physical education in health and vitality has been the focus of the attention of sports scientists. Research has shown that recreational activity is effective for the health and well-being of society. Therefore, they have not forgotten to pay attention to spend their leisure time in parks. Thus, it is important to point out that the human and social-centric conditions motivate the individual to engage in recreational activity and, on the other hand, the natural or designed environment on which the relevant functions are based is acting as the pull factors. The key objective of this study was to identify how environmental features impact on the tendency for continues participation. It was intended to collect Primary data. Convenient sample method was used to collect data from 200 people who arrived to the “Diyatha Uyana”. The questionnaire covered the 03 main aspects of environmental features called Greenspace, Landscape & River Trails. “The tendency to continue participation” was the dependent variable of this study, which was measured by the number of arriving by the beneficiaries from January to September of 2019. An analysis was done using the descriptive and inferential statistics method such as Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Estimated relationship in SPSS- AMOS 21 and SPSS statistic version 21. The analysis showed that River trails (P=.064) and Landscape (P=.010) variables were statistically significant at 0.5 levels. In addition, among the identified variables the impact of the landscape has most regression weights reported as .134. Which can make an impact on the beneficiaries’ tendency to participate in the “Diyatha Uyana”. It means that when landscape increase by one standard deviation, the tendency to participate goes up by 0.134 standard deviations. Moreover, this result indicates that, landscapes and River trails variables have a comparatively higher association with beneficiaries' participation in “Diyatha Uyana” than green space.
An Inventory Study for Identifying Role Models in Sports
(Staff Development Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020) Rajapaksha, R.P.D.D.
Role models, heroes, and mentors are a part of everyday life and they are thought to have a significant impact on the beliefs and actions of individuals. In the sports, they are also often used in programs to deliver desired ideas to the intended groups to evoke behavior revolution. The purpose of this review of the literature was to explore the Role Models (RM) who make an impact on sport participation (SP). In this regard, the objective was developed to understand the current trends and perspectives of the authors on (RM) for increasing (SP). During the identification process of the literature review, Science Direct which is being sponsored by Elsevier was used as the major database search engine. The terms used in the Science Direct search engine were “Role Models” AND” Sports participation. By screening the results of the Science Direct database - 4236 results were obtained based on filtering the literature by 2018-2019. As a result of the engaging PRISMA method, the above inclusions were lowered to 18 articles by focusing an eligibility and study-oriented objective. Based on the PRISMA results, Content analysis was directed to explore the current trend of the authors who have already done their study regarding the (RM) s who impact on (SP). According to the results, Family members, Sports Coachers and Instructors, Teachers, Neighborhood community, Athletes and Celebrities, Peers and Televisions Actors were represented as (RM) s in Sports. Also, more than 50% of the research papers analyzed were from two or more of the above-mentioned (RM) s. The rest of the research papers have concentrated their academic approach on individual (RM)s related to the (SP), which can be summarized as Family members 27%, Sports Coachers and Instructors 20%, Teachers 16%, Neighborhood community 11%, Athletes and Celebrities 9%, Peer 9% and Televisions Actors 4%. This study evidence supports the potential for academically based researchers who work in partnership with sport and recreation to ensure that the Sports role models are studied in a useful way. Similarly, this study expands on the Knowledge of (RM)s and (SP). It also highlights the involvement of various links between the above concepts. This observation may help researchers who are willing to expand the (RM)s and their impact on (SP) in any selected context such as professional sports teams, University sports fields, etc.
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(Sport & Recreation Management Students’ Union, Department of Sport Science & Physical Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Rajapaksha, R.P.D.D.