Abstract
The civil education approach uses sports practise as a preventive intervention to increase self-awareness and to help modulate emotion in adolescents. Indeed, sports participation results in a better quality of life, more favourable cardio-metabolic and sleeping profiles and a healthier body composition. Adolescents involved in sport activities also report a higher level of social and emotional skills, and reduced mental health distress. However, the Italian school’s program provides only two hours weekly of physical education, with lack of options and participation. In alignment with the civil educational approach, the research team aims to develop a predictive sport, movement, eating habits, relationships and technologies (S.M.A.R.T.) questionnaire to identify the youths that present a higher risk of delinquency. The following research aims to explore preliminary data from 501 adolescents completing the S.M.A.R.T. The results show that the female group (n = 260) was healthier than the male group (n = 241); particularly, the female group demonstrated a higher level of self-awareness in the use of technologies (p < 0.05). Our results produce the first data set on a cohort of young adolescents in Italy using the S.M.A.R.T. questionnaire. The questionnaire possesses a high response rate and should now be implemented towards validation.
Highlights
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a healthy lifestyle is a way of living that lowers the risks of being seriously ill [1]
While the relationship between unhealthy behaviour and intensity of mobile phone use is still under discussion [7], a recent meta-analysis has shown a strong association between social network consumption and mental illness, in particular with relation to alcohol abuse, disordered eating domains [8] and with distorted self-presentation caused by digital egocentrism and digital narcissism [9] which produces sexualised behaviours in very young adolescents [10]
Mann-Whitney analysis showed that the female group was significantly healthier than the male group (p = 0.003), whilst comparison between younger and older cohort was not significant (p = 0.7), (Table 2, Figure 2)
Summary
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a healthy lifestyle is a way of living that lowers the risks of being seriously ill [1]. Adolescents involved in sport activities reported higher levels of social and emotional skills (such as self-esteem and greater social skills with peers) and reduced risks of mental health distress [5]. Lack of physical activities has been associated with smoking and excessive alcohol consumption [6]. While the relationship between unhealthy behaviour and intensity of mobile phone use is still under discussion [7], a recent meta-analysis has shown a strong association between social network consumption and mental illness, in particular with relation to alcohol abuse, disordered eating domains [8] and with distorted self-presentation caused by digital egocentrism and digital narcissism [9] which produces sexualised behaviours in very young adolescents [10].
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