ADOLESCENTS’ HABITS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND LEISURE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5216/rpp.v15i3.14744Keywords:
Atividade Motora, Atividades de Lazer, Adolescente.Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the physical activities and leisure habits of 216 adolescents from a federal center of technological education from Santa Catarina. Atividades Físicas Habituais questionnaire and Autoavaliação do Estilo de Vida questionnaire were used. Data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics, “t” test and Chi-square test. At the leisure time, team sports were preferred by adolescents (33,3%). Most of boys prefer soccer (44%) and girls prefer to walk as a physical exercise (35,7%). More than a half of leisure activities were characterized by sedentary type, however, active adolescents had more physical activities at the leisure time than sedentary adolescents (p=0,000).
Keywords: Motor Activity. Leisure Activities. Adolescent.