Abstract
Purpose: This paper presents the results of a comparative and dependency analysis between physical activity, joy of physical activity and quality of life in female high school students with different levels of sport performance. Methods: The survey was attended by (n = 560) 16–19 years old high-school students. The quality of life was monitored using the modified SQUALA questionnaire, the joy of physical activity using the PACES questionnaire and the level of physical activity during the week in hours (PA). The data are presented by means of descriptive characteristics (n, M, SD) and statistical significance and dependencies respectively are assessed using nonparametric methods (W, U, rs) on significance levels (p < ,10; p < ,05 and p < ,01). Results: The results of the dependency analysis did not show a large number of interactions between the PA, PACES and SQUALA among high-school female students. We found the interactions between the PA and PACES or SQUALA sporadically in groups of girls with the different levels of sports, where positive interactions predominated. PA in the week is positively correlated with PACES (rs = ,218, p < ,10) only in registered female athletes. Positive interactions between PACES and SQUALA can be found in top female athletes (material well-being p < ,10; education p < ,05; free time p < ,01) and in occasional female athletes (physical well-being p < ,20; psychosocial well-being p < ,20; appearance and ownership of things p < ,20). Conclusions: The results confirm the importance of voluntary and organized physical activity in the life of high-school students, who have the potential to increase the level of satisfaction with activity.
Highlights
The period of adolescence is one of the most difficult periods in the life of an individual
The main objective was to point out the interactions between the individual areas of life, joy from physical activity and different physical activities during the week in female high – school students in Slovakia
The questionnaire survey focused on finding the frequency of physical activity per week, the level of sport performance, the joy of the physical activity and the quality of life
Summary
The questionnaire survey focused on finding the frequency of physical activity per week, the level of sport performance, the joy of the physical activity and the quality of life. 3rd: the sphere of spiritual well-being – justice, freedom, beauty and art, truth 4th: the sphere of material well-being – money, good food 5th: education – to be educated, to go to school 6th: leisure time – possibility to spend your free time, have enough things for play and fun 7th: appearance and ownership of things – look goods, to dress nicely, have things that I like 8th: orientation to the future – to have children and jobs in the future that will entertain me The questionnaire defines spheres from the objective aspect: “how important is it to you...” and from the second subjective viewpoint: “how satisfied are you with...” Both items are assessed on a 5-point scale depending on the importance of each item for their life (1 totally unimportant; 2 of little importance; 3 medium important; 4 very important; 5 the most important) and
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