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Evaluating how the game of snooker can make a positive contribution to enhancing people’s well-being in the later years

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posted on 2023-07-26, 14:37 authored by Rohit Sagoo
The purpose of this small scale study was to measure, evaluate and discuss how snooker could possibly contribute to an older person’s well-being. Six participants from Age UK were selected after completing a pre-screening exercise to see if they were eligible to take part in the study. This study also sets out to focus and measure the well-being of older people before and after playing snooker for a set period of weeks. Scores took the well-being measurements from Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS), a scale of 14 positively-worded items for assessing a population’s mental wellbeing. The WEMWBS scale for this study was scaled with 14 statements of which four statements related to the snooker activity that the participants had taken part in and results were discussed, respectively. Outcomes of this study suggest that snooker, as a leisurely pursuit, can positively contribute and positively impact an older person’s well-being in a variety of ways, from aspects of their daily lives to their experiences of activity playing snooker. It was also encouraging from this study to note that older females enjoyed the snooker activity over the eight weeks far more than their male counterparts, and this could be factor for consideration and encouragement to the WPBSA within the world of women’s snooker.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

3

Issue number

2

Page range

21-36

Publication title

Psychreg Journal of Psychology

ISSN

2515-138X

Publisher

Psychreg Journal of Psychology

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  • Published version

Language

  • eng

Legacy posted date

2019-05-10

Legacy creation date

2019-05-07

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine & Social Care

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