Program & Abstract Book - EPFL Latsis Symposium 2009

EPFL Latsis Symposium 2009: Understanding Violence
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February 11-13 2009
th e e f f e c t o f e m o t i o n s r e s u l t e D f o r m
w a t c h i n g g a m e s o n s o m e ph y s i o l o g i c a l
c h a n g e s o f e l D e r p e o p l e
omara, osama 1
1 South valley University, kena, Egypt
World health organization in 1972 emphasized that care for the old people
is a moral obligation. This is obviin the forms of care as food, health, care
and leisure which forms a big part in their lives. Being old is bio-state
viewed by the society as retirement which affects them psychologically,
physically and socially thought they have great abilities in the form of
experience that con not be neglected. The research aimed at identifying
the effect of the emotions resulting from watching games on some physiological
changes of the old people. It hypothesized that there are significant
mean differences between the mean scores of the pre-post-testing in
some physiological changes favoring the pre-testing. Twofold procedures
were followed, firsts is the design and second is the experimental design
with its pre and post testing was implemented.
The community of the research is the old people living in Old Dormitory of
the ministry of social affairs 2008 (46) and the group selected were (10).
Data collection tools were: Growth percentage (age- tall-weight) and tests
relating to the physiological changes (blood pressure, heart beat, white
and red cells, chest outer and inner breathing). Results of the research
concluded that the it verified the first hypothesis and achived identifying
the emotions result from watching football matches and its effect on some
physiological changes of old people. Finally it recommended that leisure
programs should be designed to affect positively on the physiological
changes to be searched. Community and sport media should contribute in
decreasing the importance of winning or loosing a match.