背景: 香港和廣州市是華南兩大發達城市，都面臨著人口老化的嚴峻形勢。由於醫療水準的提高，癡呆成為一個非常嚴重的公共健康問題。由於缺乏有效的治療手段，早期發現和干預成為減少認知功能損害及癡呆發病的最有效的措施。研究怎樣保護長者的認知功能對於公眾健康具有越來越重要的意義。越來越多的證據表明休閒活動有益於認知功能。研究表明體育鍛煉，腦力活動以及社會活動有益於認知健康，可以減少癡呆發病的風險。然而由於概念上的差異和研究方法的不同，使得目前的研究結果很難進行比較。由於社會背景會顯著影響休閒活動的參與，研究社會背景怎樣影響休閒活動對於長者認知功能的作用具有重要的意義。香港和廣州為華南兩大城市，其人口種族，基因，健康狀況及人口學特徵相似。然而在過去的一百多年中，由於歷史發展的不同，兩城市有著不同的社會系統。以上這些因素對於研究不同設計背景下的認知功能的對照研究提供了方便。研究兩地認識休閒活動與認知功能的關係，有助於評價不同社會環境對於休閒活動影響認知功能的以及社會因素對認知功能的影響。 / 研究目的: 本研究對於兩地長者認知功能的特點以及休閒活動的參與情況進行了比較。研究的主要目的是評估休閒活動與認知功能的關係，以及兩個城市中休閒活動與認知功能的關係。 / 方法: 這是一個橫斷面研究。557名非癡呆住在社區的長者參與了研究，其中香港260名，廣州297名。兩組長者在年齡，性別以及教育程度上沒有差異。休閒活動分為體育活動，智力活動，社會活動以及消遣活動。休閒活動的參與通過三種方式進行評估：種類，次數以及每週參與的小時數。一組評估量表包括：簡短精神狀態量表，詞語記憶，延遲回憶，詞語流暢性測驗，連線測驗，數位劃消測驗及Stroop測驗，用於評估兩地長者的認知功能。 / 兩地長者的人口學特徵，認知功能以及休閒活動的參與進行了比較，多元線性回歸用於分析每一類休閒活動與認知功能的關係，同時控制可能的混雜因素包括年齡，性別，教育程度，職業，婚姻狀況，居住情況，吸煙、酒情況，慢性疾病以及精神狀態。分層回歸用於分析每類休閒活動與認知功能的關係，同時控制其他三類休閒活動以及與認知功能顯著相關的混雜因素。 / 結果: 多元回歸分析表明與家人居住在一起者休閒活動的總類較多 (p=0.01)，休閒活動的時間較長 (p=0.02)。协方差分析檢驗顯示除了每週看電視的時間 （p=0.07），香港長者參與的休閒活動在種類，次數以及每週參與的小時數都明顯多於廣州長者，差異具有顯著性。兩地長者的認知功能測驗的分數未見顯著差異。體育活動（腦-身體鍛煉及有氧鍛煉）的種類與延遲回憶及詞語分類測驗顯著相關。智力活動與所有的認知功能測驗顯著相關。社會活動與語詞回憶和詞語流暢性測驗顯著相關。休閒活動與語詞回憶及連線測驗顯著相關。 / 多元線性回歸分析了休閒活動與認知功能的關係的同時，控制了其他三類休閒活動以及與認知功能顯著相關的協變數。分析結果顯示智力活動的種類與簡易精神狀態量表，語詞回憶，延遲回憶，詞語流暢性測驗以及數位劃消測驗顯著相關 （p<0.001）。體育活動和社會活動與認知功能未見明顯相關。消遣活動的時間與連線測驗顯著相關 （p=0.01）。休閒活動與認知功能的相關性兩地未見明顯顯著差異。 / 結論: 香港的長者參與了較多的休閒活動，但是認知功能測驗的分數與廣州長者卻沒有顯著差別。結果可能與之前的研究結果相矛盾，即參與較多的休閒活動與良好的認知功能相關，這可能與兩地的社會人口學的差異相關。以前的研究證明晚年的婚姻狀態與癡呆或者認知功能的下降相關。未婚或者喪偶的長者罹患癡呆症或者認知功能下降的風險性較高。香港未婚或喪偶長者較廣州多，或許這可以解釋為什麼香港長者參與較多的休閒活動，但是認知功能測驗卻未明顯優於廣州長者。同時也表明，除了休閒活動，社會因素（婚姻及居住狀況）對認知功能也有影響。 / 我們的研究表明參與智力活動尤其是參與各種各樣的智力活動與長者良好的認知功能相關。智力活動與認知功能的相關性在兩地沒有顯著差別，表明智力活動可在不同的社會環境中用於保護長者的認知功能。其他三類的活動與認知功能未發現有顯著相關性，這可能與智力活動的混雜效應有關，也可能與各活動之間其構成成分的重疊有關。儘管這樣，休閒活動對於認知功能的保護作用扔值得進一步研究。 / Background: The two most developed cities in southern China, Hong Kong (HK) and Guangzhou (GZ), are facing rapid population aging. As a result of improvements in medical care, dementia has emerged as a crucial public health problem. With limited treatment options available, early detection and intervention are likely to be the most effective strategies to reduce subsequent impairments and morbidity. Research into the prevention of cognitive decline among older persons is crucial for public health. There is increasing evidence that participation in leisure activities has a favorable effect on cognitive function. Studies have reported that physical exercise, cognitive activity and social engagement are beneficial for cognitive health and may reduce the risk of dementia. However, interpretation of the available evidence is hampered by conceptual discrepancies and methodological variations. As the social context may significantly influence leisure activity participation, it is interesting to explore how social contexts play a role in modulating the effects of leisure activity on cognitive function in older adults. HK and GZ are two major cities in southern China, and they share very similar ethnic, genetic, health and demographic characteristics. However, owing to differences in historical development, the two cities have been run with different social systems over the past few decades. This provided a natural case-control experiment for studying the effect of the social context on cognition. Hence, this study examined the association between leisure activity participation and cognition in the two cities to evaluate the cognitive modulating effects of leisure activities in different social environments. / Objectives of the studies: The main study objectives were to compare the cognitive characteristics and leisure activity participation of the two groups; to examine the association between leisure activity participation and cognitive function and the specific associations in HK and GZ; and to explore the modulating effect of social factors on cognitive function. / Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study. Convenience sampling was used to recruit 557 participants aged 60 years and over without dementia. Of these, 260 were recruited in HK and 297 in GZ. The two groups were recruited with similar demographic characteristics (age, gender and education). Leisure activities were classified as physical, intellectual, social and recreational activities. Leisure activity participation was measured in terms of the total number and total hours of participation per week for each category of activities. A battery of cognitive tests including the Cantonese version of the Mini Mental State Exam (CMMSE), word list learning test, delayed recall test, Category Verbal Fluency Test (CVFT), trail making test, digit cancellation test and Stroop test were used to measure participants’ cognitive function. / Differences in the participants’ demographic characteristics, cognitive performances and leisure activity participation were computed. A multiple linear regression of cognitive performance on leisure activity was performed, while controlling for other categories of activities and potential confounders that were significantly associated with cognitive function. / Results: The multiple linear regression revealed that living arrangement had a significant positive association with the total number of leisure activities (p=0.01) and total hours of leisure activity participation (p=0.02). Analysis of covariance showed that participants in HK participated in more leisure activities than those in GZ, as measured by the total number of subtypes and hours per week, except total hours of recreational activities per week (p=0.07). No significant differences were found between the cognitive performances of the older persons in the two cities. Pearson’s correlation and x² tests were performed to identify the leisure activities and potential confounders that were significantly correlated with cognitive performance. The total number and total hours of intellectual activity were significantly correlated with CMMSE scores (p<0.001 and p<0.001).The total number of subtypes and total hours per week of intellectual activity (p<0.001 and p<0.001), social activity (p<0.001 and p<0.01) and recreational activity (p<0.001 and p<0.01) were significantly correlated with the word list learning test. The total number of physical activities (p<0.01), total number of intellectual activities (p<0.001) and total hours of intellectual activity (p<0.01) were significantly correlated with the delayed recall test. The total number of physical and intellectual activities (p<0.01 and p<0.001), and total hours of intellectual and social activity (p<0.01 and p<0.001) were correlated with the CVFT. The total number of intellectual activities (p<0.01)and total hours of recreational activity (p<0.01) were significantly correlated with the trail making test (p<0.001). The total number and total hours of intellectual activity were significantly correlated with the digit cancellation test (p<0.001 and p<0.001). The total number and total hours of intellectual activity were significantly correlation with the Stroop test (p<0.01 and p<0.001). / Multiple linear regression using the enter method was conducted to measure the association between leisure activities and cognitive performance. The results showed that the total number of intellectual activities was significantly associated with better performance on cognitive tests, including the CMMSE (p<0.001), word list learning test (p<0.001), delayed recall test (p<0.001), CVFT (p<0.001) and digit cancellation test (p=0.01). Total hours of recreational activity was significantly associated with the trail making test (p=0.01). Multiple linear regression using the enter method also revealed that marital status was significantly associated with the CMMSE (p=0.002), word list learning test (p=0.003), delayed recall test (p=0.002), trail making test (p<0.001) and digit cancellation test (p=0.01). / Conclusions: HK participants participated in more leisure activities than GZ participants. However, HK participants did not show better cognitive performance than GZ participants. This finding appears to be inconsistent with previous studies that found that participation in more leisure activities predicted better cognitive functioning. This inconsistency might be explained by socio-demographic differences between the two cities. Some previous studies have found an association between late-life marital status and the risk of cognitive impairment. Older persons who were unmarried or widowed were at higher risk of dementia or cognitive decline. There were more unmarried or widowed participants among HK participants. The results indicate that in addition to leisure activities, social factors (marital or living status) might also contribute to the preservation of cognitive function among the elderly. / Our results underscore the significance of intellectual activity, especially participation in a variety of intellectual activities, in maintaining better cognitive functioning in older persons. Furthermore, a similar significant association between intellectual activity and cognitive function was found for participants in both HK and GZ, suggesting that the protective effect of intellectual activity could be generalized to different social environments. We failed to find significant associations between physical, social and recreational activities and cognitive function. However, the protective effect of leisure activity participation is recommended for further investigation in future studies. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Su, Xiufang. / Thesis (Ph.D.) Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 88-94). / Abstracts also in Chinese; appendixes in Chinese.

L’objectif général de ce travail de thèse était d’étudier la possibilité d’améliorer le fonctionnement cognitif (mémoire de travail, mémoire épisodique, vitesse de traitement, fonctions exécutives) et la santé psychologique (estime de soi, plainte mnésique, satisfaction de vie) lors du vieillissement grâce à la pratique des activités de loisir. Pour cela, quatre programmes utilisant les activités de loisir, allant du plus unimodal au plus multimodal, ont été conçus et proposés à des participants âgés. Leurs scores à différentes mesures ont été évalués avant et après les interventions et comparés à ceux de groupes contrôles. Les résultats mettent en évidence que globalement ces programmes permettaient l’amélioration des performances cognitives ainsi que des transferts sur la santé psychologique, sauf l’entraînement unimodal (i.e., spécifique). / The main objective of this thesis was to test the possibility to improve cognitive functioning (working memory, episodic memory, speed of processing, executive functions) and psychological health (self-esteem, memory complaint, satisfaction of life) with leisure activities during aging. The present work was based on four programs using leisure activities, from unimodal to multimodal composition including pretests and posttests and compared to control groups. Globally, results show that the programs heterogeneously improve cognitive performances and provide evidence of benefits transfer to psychological health, except for the unimodal program. Overall, results show that unimodal cognitive training only improve cognitive functioning (Experience 1), whereas playful and multimodal interventions improve psychological health and influence cognitive performance (Experiences 2, 3, et 4). Eventually, our results show that leisure activities during lifespan are associated with a better psychological health (Experiment 3), improve subjective well-being and help to better adapt to ageing. This work supports the idea that leisure activities during life span are in line with psychological health. It also highlights that multimodal cognitive interventions contribute to successful ageing more than unimodal programs.

This study investigates the existence of an ethnic separation in different settings of leisure activities. I examine the relationship between race, gender, socioeconomic status, and education with respect to the usage of popular cultural activities and high cultural activities to demonstrate the racial disparity occurring in both. A literature review pertaining to the usage of outdoor recreation, as in camping and hiking evidences the influence of racism on the disparity in Non-white participation. In contrast to out-door leisure activities, literature evidences the influence of class instead of race for the disparity in indoor leisure activities. Using the 1993 General Social Survey (GSS), I am able to arrive at the conclusion that the type of leisure chosen by an ethnic group relates much less to the educational level, economic status or the place of residence as it does to the perception of the socially constructed settings.

Tyrimo objektas: pradinių klasių mokinių laisvalaikio praleidimo būdai. Tyrimo tikslas: išsiaiškinti pradinių klasių mokinių laisvalaikio praleidimo būdus. Tyrimo uždaviniai: 1. Nustatyti 3 – 4 klasės vaikų laisvalaikio praleidimo būdus. 2. Išsiaiškinti vaikų ir tėvų požiūrį į laisvalaikio svarbą prevencijai. 3. Palyginti vaikų ir tėvų požiūrį į laisvalaikį. Rezultatai ir išvados: 1. Mokinių užimtumui mokykloje skiriamas pakankamai didelis dėmesys, todėl vaikai turi pakankamai įvairių laisvalaikio pasirinkimo formų ir dauguma jų yra tuo patenkinti. Dauguma tėvų kiekvieną dieną, savo vaikams skiria dalį savo laisvo laiko. Mėgstamiausios pradinių klasių mokinių laisvalaikio formos mokykloje – bendrauti su klasės vadovu ir lankyti būrelius. Namuose – žiūrėti televizorių ir žaisti kompiuteriu. Atlikta mokinių anketinės apklausos analizė leidžia teigti, jog laisvalaikis užima svarbią vietą asmenybės gyvenime, suteikia galimybę bendrauti su bendraamžiais, skatina asmens aktyvumą, plėtoja kūrybiškumą, pasitikėjimą ir suteikia galimybę išreikšti save bei tobulėti. 2. Vaikų ir tėvų požiūris į laisvalaikio svarbą prevencijai buvo vienareikšmis – visi (100 proc.) sutiko, kad aktyvus užimtumas padeda vaikams išvengti žalingų įpročių ir nusikalstamos veiklos. 3. Laisvalaikis yra svarbus socializacijos elementas. Laisvai pasirinkta ir laisvu laiku atliekama veikla ugdo vaiko socialinius įgūdžius, plečia akiratį, vysto asmenines savybes, padeda užkirsti kelią nusikalstamumui, su tuo... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The object of investigation: the ways of spending free time for children of primary classes. The aim of the research: primary school pupils to find out leisure activities. The objectives of the research: 1. To determine possible leisure activities for children of the 3rd-4th grade. 2. To find out children‘ and parents‘ attitude to leisure importance for prevention. 3. To compare children and parents‘ view to leisure. Results and conclusions: 1. There is enough attention paid towards pupils‘ employment at school this children have a freedom to choose from various forms of leisure activities and most of them are satisfied. Most parents every day, your children are part of your free time. Favorite primary schoolchildren pupils forms of leisure at school – communicate with classes teacher and attending curricular activities. At home – to watch TV and to play with computer. Conducted analysis of pupils survey suppone a conclusion, that leisure takes an important in a lifestyle of the personality, improves the communication with contemporary, promotes personal activity, develop creativity, self confidence and provides an opportunity to express theirselves and to improve. 2. Children‘s and parents attitude to leisure importants for prevention was unambiguous – all (100 percent.) agreed, that activity employment helis pupils to avoid hazardous habbits and crime. 3. Leisure is important element of socialization. Free choice and free-time activities carried out by the child develop... [to full text]

Aim of the thesis will be analyze of winter and summer services in location Lipensko and market conditions based on mystery shopping, survey by guests, visitors and tourists or interview with company management a local stakeholders at the discretion of the author of the thesis. In thesis will be used historical, logical and comparative analytical methods with using an analysis of statistical data.

The goal of this diploma thesis is to describe and analyze the pedagogical aspects of coaching in the context of the current offer of study programs for coaches, their professional background and their self-reflection due to their educational mission. To achieve these objectives it is necessary to define sport as such, its types and offers of sports activities for individuals. It is also necessary to define the role of the coach and systematically describe important attributes of the trainer. The analytical part of the paper will focus on the coaches self-reflection due to their educational mission. In this context, the questionnaire will analyze trainers view on their possible educational, or teaching activities. Other important issues that will be analyzed include: coaches view on their activities and the circumstances that affect their educational influence, etc. The final part will be devoted to evaluation of the current state of examined problems.

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This thesis focuses on the values preferred by senior citizens in old people's homes. Values are an integral part of every human life. The old age brings about a reorientation of values; there is a fixation on the family when senior citizens need to feel a sense of necessity and love. Accommodation of needs is a basis for the development of a value system where its value hierarchy is a structured system governed by importance. Old people feel a need for communication but this need is not very well saturated. With increasing age, feelings of loneliness occur and biological needs become accentuated. The empirical part of the thesis defines the objective to find out what life values are preferred by the senior citizens in the Old People's Nursing Home in Jindřichův Hradec. The method for data collection was a qualitative research, the method of case studies. The research group was selected using the method of quota purposive sampling. It consisted of six users of the OPNH; they were communicative men and women aged 65-85 years who received care allowance of the 2nd degree. The key technique used for data collection was an interview using a manual that was used with the six respondents at the OPNH in Jindřichův Hradec. A total of 15 users were interviewed who met the quota conditions but only six users were willing to participate in the research and to be interviewed. The last research question examined what their view of the life in the OPNH is. The research showed that the respondents were affected most by their stay at a triple room, which restricted their quality of sleep, privacy and adaptation. Retaining the dignity and communication with the staff is most important for the respondents. It is possible to comment answering the main research question What life values are preferred by the senior citizens in the Old People's Nursing Home in Jindřichův Hradec' by stating that the respondents feel as the most important their self-sufficiency and health, which undoubtedly affect the fulfilment of all the other needs, and the family that is the purpose of lives of the respondents, it is their driving force and they have something to live for. This thesis should highlight the importance of the issues preferred by users in the Old People's Nursing Home, the importance of cooperation with their families, how important is communication that helps the users to adapt to the new environment and then the creating of individual plans to maintain self-sufficiency of the senior citizens and, in the event they can no longer be self-sufficient and there is a need of help from another person, it is necessary to realize how important it is for the users to maintain their dignity. This thesis helps to justify the importance of the value system of senior citizens. It also expresses the efforts to improve the quality of life of senior citizens in residential social-service facilities while making social work more effective.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-06T17:07:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Naman Disponibilizar biblioteca.pdf: 178956 bytes, checksum: 2fb25d867fa815b6aa66d2185d02370d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-07-18 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The objective of this research is to analyze the leisure activities of centenarians according to the scientific evidence and the perception of themselves in various stages of their lives. To verify the scientific evidence that include leisure activities practiced by centenarians were consulted electronic databases MEDLINE and CINAHL and scanned items with observational studies on the topic. Six studies, of which only one was performed with centenarians were found. All articles were international and the majority (5) of them consisted of publications of the last eight years. In surveys, instruments with open questions (three articles) were applied to identify leisure activities practiced by the centenarians and questionnaires (three articles) items with frequency, duration and place of commission of such activities. Half of the articles showed intermediate methodological quality, considering the recommendations of STROBE scale. To analyze the leisure activities in the different phases of the life of centenarians, we performed a study with six centenarians (102.83 ± 1.6 years), four women and two men, five of them widowed. The study was characterized as qualitative. The instruments used were the Multidimensional Assessment Protocol for the Senior Centenary and questions of blocks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8. For qualitative analysis of interview data, the thematic content analysis and descriptive statistics were also used. Five stages of life (childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age and current phase) were defined and defined categories. Among the stages of life, were mentioned 24 categories of leisure activities, and six of these categories were repeated, ie, were cited in more than one phase. At all stages, leisure activities like travel, tours, hands-on activities, cultural activities, carriage driving, dancing, watching television and religious activities were identified. In conclusion, with this study, there is a need for research in Brazil and other countries, on the leisure activities of elderly and centenarians, using instruments that consider characteristics of this population, using higher methodological quality. Centenarians currently lack of leisure, because often their physical limitations, and proposals in the home environment can help to keep them more active in their daily activities. / O objetivo desta pesquisa é analisar as atividades de lazer de idosos centenários segundo as evidências científicas e a percepção deles próprios nas diferentes fases da vida. Para contemplar o capítulo 1, que tem como objetivo verificar as evidências científicas que contemplam as atividades de lazer praticadas por idosos centenários foram consultados os bancos eletrônicos MEDLINE e CINAHL e verificados os artigos com estudos observacionais sobre o tema. Foram encontrados seis estudos, dentre os quais apenas um foi realizado com idosos centenários. Todos os artigos eram internacionais e a maioria (5) deles consistia em publicações dos últimos oito anos. Nas pesquisas, foram aplicados instrumentos com questões abertas (três artigos) para identificar as atividades de lazer praticadas pelos idosos e questionários (três artigos) com itens de frequência, duração e o local de prática de tais atividades. Metade dos artigos apresentou qualidade metodológica intermediária, considerando-se as recomendações da escala STROBE. Para contemplar o capítulo 2, que tem como objetivo analisar as atividades de lazer nas diferentes fases da vida de idosos centenários foram selecionados de acordo com critérios de inclusão seis idosos centenários (102,83±1,6 anos), sendo quatro mulheres e dois homens, cinco deles viúvos. O estudo caracterizou-se como qualitativo. O instrumento utilizado foi o Protocolo de Avaliação Multidimensional do Idoso Centenário e as perguntas dos blocos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 e 8. Para análise dos dados qualitativos da entrevista, foi utilizada a análise de conteúdo temática e também a estatística descritiva. Foram definidas cinco fases da vida (infância, adolescência, vida adulta, velhice e fase atual) e definidas as categorias. Dentre as fases da vida, foram citadas 24 categorias de atividades de lazer, sendo que seis dessas categorias foram repetidas, ou seja, foram citadas em mais de uma fase. Em todas as fases, foram identificadas atividades de lazer, como viagens, passeios, atividades manuais, atividades culturais, dirigir carro, baile, assistir televisão e atividades religiosas. Com a conclusão geral do estudo percebe-se a necessidade de se pesquisar, no Brasil e em outros países, sobre as atividades de lazer e idosos centenários, utilizando-se instrumentos que considerem particularidades dessa população, empregando-se qualidade metodológica mais elevada. Os centenários, atualmente, carecem de atividades de lazer, devido, muitas vezes, às suas limitações físicas, sendo que propostas no ambiente domiciliar pode contribuir para mantê-los mais ativos em seu cotidiano.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:13:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AndreB_DISSERT.pdf: 2662058 bytes, checksum: 3601565380e21c06744ea4d8a1b822aa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-05-21 / The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between free time for leisure and body composition of students in the crucial ninth year. (N = 228) of towns in the Midwest catarinense. We used the Adolescent Behavior Questionnaire of Santa Catarina (COMPAC) to assess lifestyle, considering that Active schoolchildren during the week, accumulated 300 or more minutes of moderate or vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Were used the time to 2 hours or more / day to determine the time of excessive use of TV and computer video game. To analyze body composition were used two criteria: the Body Mass Index (BMI) and sum of skinfolds (EDC). It was observed a proportion of 67.3% of girls and 68.7% of boys assets and more than 98% of students were using excessive TV time, computer and video game. In the classification by EDC, most of the boys showed great or low levels of body composition, while more than half of girls were classified at higher levels. As for BMI, most boys and girls had not overweight. Significant difference in the comparison of total minutes per week of MVPA reported between the groups, the second criterion of EDC and BMI for girls but not for BMI in boys. It is concluded that students with higher accumulation in minutes of MVPA showed better body composition indicators, but no significant difference was found when compared active groups with inactive, according to criteria used. / As inova??es tecnol?gicas associadas ?s caracter?sticas de moradia, meios de transporte e inseguran?a das cidades limitaram as condi??es e op??es de lazer e transporte ativo. O objetivo do presente estudo foi verificar a rela??o entre o tempo livre de lazer e composi??o corporal de escolares do 9? ano do ensino fundamental (n=225) de cidades do meio-oeste catarinense. Foi utilizado o Question?rio de Comportamento dos Adolescentes Catarinenses (COMPAC) para avaliar os indicadores comportamentais, considerando Ativos os escolares que, durante a semana, acumulavam 300 ou mais minutos de atividade f?sica moderada ou vigorosa (AFMV). O tempo de 2 horas ou mais/dia determinou o uso excessivo de TV, computador e v?deo game. Para analisar a composi??o corporal foram utilizados dois crit?rios: o ?ndice de Massa Corporal (IMC) e o Somat?rio de Dobras Cut?neas (&#931;DC). Foi verificada uma propor??o de 67,0% de meninas e de 69,0% de meninos Ativos e mais de 98% dos escolares que faziam uso excessivo de tempo de TV, computador e videogame. Na classifica??o por &#931;DC, a maior parte dos meninos apresentou n?veis ?timos ou baixos de composi??o corporal, enquanto mais da metade das meninas foram classificadas em n?veis altos. J? para o IMC, a maioria dos meninos e meninas n?o apresentou excesso de peso. Houve diferen?a significativa na compara??o do total de minutos relatados por semana de AFMV entre os grupos, segundo crit?rio de &#931;DC e IMC para meninas, mas n?o para IMC nos meninos. Sugere-se que maior ac?mulo em minutos de AFMV apresentaram melhores indicadores de composi??o corporal. Um estilo de vida ativo, com maior tempo dedicado ? atividade f?sica, tem rela??o positiva com indicadores de composi??o corporal adequados em escolares do meio-oeste catarinense.