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    The benefits of participating in campus recreational sport facilities and programs: special reference to University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
    (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015) Wijesinghe, M.; Ashika, B.A.D.W.
    There has been a culture of recreational sports in the world. Especially higher educational centers like universities serve various types of recreational sport programs. Most of university students are spending a very busy life due to their educational activities. However, recreational activities alleviate the encumbrance of their busy lives. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate aspects of the Benefits of Participating in Campus Recreational Sports Facilities and Programs in University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. The specific objectives of this study were the types of campus recreational programs that students are interested in and the benefits which have mostly attracted the students to the CR programs. The independent variable was the campus recreation and the dependent variable was campus recreation benefits. Random sampling method was used to select sample and research is limited to 200 internally registered students who actively participate in the recreational sports at University of Kelaniya. Data collection instrument was the Quality and Importance of Recreational Services (QIRS) survey, further Likert scale was employed as well. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS 21.0) was utilized to analyze the data using Ordinal Logic Regression and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to determine benefits gained from participating in campus recreational activities. The results of this study identify the most dominant benefit factors, influencing the choice of campus recreational activities.
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    Sleep quality and daytime sleepiness among university athletes: How to relate their sleeping behavior for sport performance
    (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015) Sandamali, A.A.D.; Ashika, B.A.D.W.
    Sleep has been identified by elite athletes, coaches, and sports trainers as a critical component for training and competition. Despite anecdotal evidence suggesting that athletes are concerned about the impact that inadequate sleep can have upon performance. The researcher have a problem is have the relationship between sleeping behavior and sport performance. The objective of this study examined association sleepiness behavior and sport performance among university student. To achieve above objectives, the researcher build up three hypotheses. There are have or haven‟t a relationship between sport performance and sleep behavior, have or haven‟t a relationship between sleep quality and sport performance, have or haven‟t a relationship between daytime sleepiness and sport performance. This research is based on two dimension of sleeping behavior. There are sleep quality and daytime sleepiness. In this study, the researcher used simple random method for data collection and selected 100 students among the University of Kelaniya who are got the colors in colors ceremony in 2014. Data were analysis from SPSS 21.0 using correlation. According to the results of analysis there have significant relationship between sleeping behavior and sport performance.
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    Impact of service quality on level of tourist satisfaction in Pinnawala elephant orphanage, Sri Lanka
    (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015) Kularathna, N.W.A.B.; Ashika, B.A.D.W.
    Currently most of tourists are attracted to wildlife tourism. The majority of tourist who are interested in wildlife are highly willing to watch and study animals by being closer to them. According to that, main purpose of this study was to identify the association between tourist satisfaction and service quality in Pinnawala Elephant orphanage. The specific objectives of this study was; identification of association between tourist satisfaction and reliability, tourist satisfaction and assurance, tourist satisfaction and tangibility, tourist satisfaction and empathy, tourist satisfaction and responsiveness. Build up two hypothesis to achieve the above objectives. There are H1 - There was a significant relationship between the five dimensions of service quality and tourist satisfaction, H0 - There isn‟t a significant relationship between the five dimensions of service quality and tourist satisfaction. There was one independent variable name as tourist satisfaction and there are five independent variables such as reliability, Assurance, Tangible, Empathy and Responsiveness. Stratified sample method using for select the sample and closed – ended questionnaire were used for data collection. Questionnaire were distributed through the 320 local and foreign tourist.The data was analysis from SPSS 21.0 usingcross tabulation and Pearson chi- square analysis. The findings of this study showed that each independent variable has significant positive relationship with tourist satisfaction. Accordingly, overall service quality bears a significant relationship with tourist satisfaction.