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Evaluation of the satisfaction drawn by Primary School students, after participating in outdoor activities: (Master thesis)

Μητράκας, Γεώργιος/ Mitrakas, Georgios

The aim of the present research was to evaluate the experience and satisfaction drawn by the children who participated in the Outdoor Activities of Nightlife that took place in the facilities of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Science of Komotini. Two of the particular goals of the activities were the recording of demographic elements as well as the possibility of the children’s participating in similar ones in the future. The sample consisted of 12-year-old students (23 boys and 26 girls) who studied in the 10th and 11th Primary Schools of Komotini. The program included outdoor athletic activities and also accommodation in tents which the students had set up by themselves in the track area of the faculty. To evaluate the students’, experience the instrument used was the modified questionnaire SERVQUAL by Parasuraman, Zeithaml and Berry (1985). The evaluated factors were: 1. services, 2. personnel, 3. credibility, 4. the impact of the program on the psychological and spiritual health of the participants. The answers were given on a six-grade scale (1=I absolutely disagree to 6= I absolutely agree). The results showed that the factor personnel presented the highest percentage of satisfaction for the participants, while the factor response, the lowest. The t-test analysis for independent samples did not show any statistically important differences concerning independent variants in relation to independent ones, except for that of the nightlife with the participants who had previous similar experiences declaring less satisfied. In conclusion, the high values connected to the evaluation of the activity as well as the desire of the students to participate in similar activities in the future proved that the experience acquired was positive. Nevertheless, the limited sample of the research requires the realization of a new one with a larger sample of students, so that there can be more comprehensive and, thus, safer results.