The research aims at determining the relative contribution of
sports recreational preferences in the prediction of social adjustment
among the international students in Mansoura University. The
researchers used the descriptive approach (correlational relations). The
sample included 343 students who were chosen by stratified method
of international students. The researchers prepared Sports Recreational
Preferences Scale and used the Social Adjustment Scale (prepared by
Baker R and Siryk B 1989) as data collection tools.
The most important results showed that running, walking, biking and
pentagon football were the favorite sportive activities for the
international students in their free time. In addition, male Arab
students practicing recreational activities enjoyed a higher degree of
social adjustment than females and non-Arab students. What means
that preferred sports recreational activities contributes highly in the
level of social adjustment of foreign students