SUMMARY
THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF 16-18 YEAR OLD ATHLETIC AND NON-ATHLETIC SCHOOLCHILDREN
Lately the biggest part of the studies of the quality of life is conducted in order to determine morbidity or the factors of the environment. The studies conducted in Lithuania are oriented to causal analysis of health factors’ influence to the quality of life, and in analyzing scientific literature the studies of healthy schoolchildren’s quality of life were not found.
The aim. To determine the attitude of athletic and non-athletic schoolchildren aged 16-18 to their health, physical activity, and the quality of life.
Methods. 300 schoolchildren (146 girls and 154 boys) of higher classes with different physical activity were studied. 200 of them were non-athletic (114 girls and 86 boys) and 100 took part in sports (32 girls and 68 boys) in sports schools (73), clubs (23), and independently (4). The age of the subjects was from 16 to 18 years, average age 17,1±0,4. The anonymous questionnaire, which was made according to A. Zaborskis’, J. Makari (2001) and S. Gradeckiene (2002) questionnaires for assessing the quality of life, was used in the survey. The questionnaire consisted of 57 questions designed to assess health and physical activity, external, interpersonal and personal quality of life.
Results. The attitude of schoolchildren to their health determined that 55% of athletic and 63% of non-athletic schoolchildren evaluated it as good. Athletic schoolchildren were happier... [to full text]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LABT_ETD/oai:elaba.lt:LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2006~D_20060515_125422-43303 |
| Date | 15 May 2006 |
| Creators | Zablackaitė, Sigita |
| Contributors | Puišienė, E., Kalvėnas, A., Tamošiūnas, A., Grinienė, E., Grinienė, Elvyra, Vaitauskienė, V., Radišauskas, R., Bacevičienė, Rasa, Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education |
| Publisher | Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education |
| Source Sets | Lithuanian ETD submission system |
| Language | Lithuanian |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Master thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2006~D_20060515_125422-43303 |
| Rights | Unrestricted |
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