A Relationship of Quality of Life to Health Related Physical Fitness of Faculty of Physical Education Students at Jordanian Universities

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the relationship of quality of life to health related physical fitness of
faculty of physical education students at Jordanian universities; (Yarmouk, Jordan, Al al-albeit,
Hashemite, Mu’tah). The researchers used the descriptive approach on a sample consisting of (643)
students from physical education faculties at Jordanian universities. To collect the study data, the
researchers designed a scale that measures the quality of life in addition to special tests to measure the
level of some physical variables associated with health.
The result of the study showed that physical education students in Jordan have a high level of life
quality in all areas of the scale. The results also showed that the values of the physical variables were as
follows: BMI (24,4 kg/m2), Fat (17%), MS of the right arm (45,17 kg), MS of the left arm (43,25 kg),
Flexibility (30,63 cm), CRF 1 mile (6,51), and they showed a negative correlation between quality of
life and both Body Composition CRF and a positive correlation between the quality of life and
flexibility. But the results showed that there was no statistically significant relationship between quality
of life and MS.
This study recommended paying attention to physical fitness as part of daily life to raise the quality
of life for universities students.