Free Time Activities of High School Students: Sports or Video Games?

Balatoni, Ildikó

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“…Based on our results, we concluded that the percentage of those who performed regular physical activity was smaller for asthmatic children compared to their healthy peers. While 90% of teenagers from northeast Hungary exercised regularly, as demonstrated in our earlier study [ 40 ], it was less than 60% for those asthmatic children who participated in this study. When examining the reasons for not engaging in physical activity, the proportion of non-participants citing “health status restricts” as a reason for non-participation was found to be higher among children with asthma (22.8%), compared to the general adolescent population (15.9%) [ 39 , 40 ].…”

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“…While 90% of teenagers from northeast Hungary exercised regularly, as demonstrated in our earlier study [ 40 ], it was less than 60% for those asthmatic children who participated in this study. When examining the reasons for not engaging in physical activity, the proportion of non-participants citing “health status restricts” as a reason for non-participation was found to be higher among children with asthma (22.8%), compared to the general adolescent population (15.9%) [ 39 , 40 ]. In their study, Winn and colleagues [ 55 ] also found that adolescent children with asthma performed less physical activity than their healthy peers.…”

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“…Separate analysis of the answers from boys and girls revealed no significant difference between the rate of their physical activity (50.0% and 59.4% for girls and boys, respectively), participation in PE classes (96.3% and 92.2% for girls and boys, respectively) and in attending physiotherapy (14.8% and 10.8% for girls and boys, respectively). However, similarly to healthy children at the same age [ 34 , 39 , 40 ], their choice of exercise type differed significantly. Girls mostly preferred dancing (25%) and gym (10.7%), while boys rather chose soccer (26.2%) and cycling (20%).…”

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Assessment of the Physical Activity of Children with Asthma Bronchiale

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Physical activity is an especially important part of everyday life for children with chronic diseases. The aim of the study was to show whether asthma is a barrier to physical activity in our society. The correlations between the severity of the disease, body mass index, and physical activity were analyzed, and parents’ opinions on whether children should participate in active sports were assessed. Physical activity of children with asthma was analyzed by questionnaires; 93 parents and their 93 children were involved in the survey. The age of children was 12.6 ± 3.5 years (mean ± SD), 69.9% were boys, 30.1% were girls. A total of 93.4% of the respondents participated in a physical education program and 56.5% also attended sporting activities on a regular basis. In terms of disease severity, 61.2% of the children had mild asthma, 37.6% moderate, and 1.2% severe, and 6.5% of the respondents also stated that their children’s illness had been consistently or frequently limiting their performance concerning their school or home duties over the past four weeks. Of the parents surveyed, 12% felt that physical activity was not appropriate in the context of this disease. We concluded that fear of the consequences of physical activity depends largely on education, which should involve parents, teachers, and coaches.

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“…Ways of spending free time for high school students in Hungary were identified by the author of [ 45 ]. They had average values during the week of 3.6 h/day and 6.6 h/day on weekends, and 87% did regular physical activity, without significant differences between the sexes.…”

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The Influence of Socio-Demographic Factors on the Forms of Leisure for the Students at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports

Mocanu¹,

Murariu²,

Munteanu³

2021

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The study investigates the influences of gender, area of origin and age stage variables and also of the interaction between them, on the free time behavior of the students at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports from Galati. The questionnaire applied in the academic year 2019–2020 had 85 items and was structured on 4 factors: leisure budget, leisure limiting factors, preferred leisure activities, and leisure sports activities. The multivariate/MANOVA analysis showed statistically significant data for some of the analyzed items, with values of F associated with thresholds p < 0.05. The results support longer screen time for urban areas and for those <25 years and time limitation for the favorite activities of students >25 years, while reading had higher stress scores for men and students <25 years. Men tended to limit their free time working overtime and women limited their free time due to housework. Students from rural areas and men >25 years were more stressed by socializing on the internet and shopping. Financial limitations for preferred activities were higher for women and students <25 years—women read more and visited their friends more often while men had higher scores in relation to involvement in physical activities throughout the week, an aspect also reported for those <25 years. Students >25 years spent more time with their family, while those <25 years socialized more on the internet and had better scores when going out with friends. Those in urban areas did more jogging, men had better scores in relation to playing sports games, higher indicators for the satisfaction generated by sports activity, and women preferred jogging and cycling/rollerblading. Sports games and different types of fitness were the most common variants practiced at the level of the studied group. Conclusion: There was no dominant orientation of the investigated group towards forms of passive leisure and there were no cases of sedentariness, even if the use of technologies (video games, socializing on the Internet and TV) were forms of leisure often used by students.

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“…Understanding the impact of such esports programs is important, as previous research suggests that co-curricular video gaming could be linked with high time costs, physical injuries and problematic psychological functioning (Shum et al, 2021 ). Similarly, other critics of adolescent video game usage have raised concerns about poor nutrition, decreased PA levels, and potential behavioural disorders related to increased video game usage (Balatoni et al, 2020 ). Esports programs, on the other hand, might offer an opportunity to engage adolescents who may not be so interested in traditional sports clubs (Tjønndal and Skauge, 2020 ) and, thus, miss out on the important developmental opportunities available in traditional sports, such as a growth mindset (Lauer et al, 2018 ).…”

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Examining the Impact of School Esports Program Participation on Student Health and Psychological Development

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This study examined the influence of 7 high school esports developmental programs on student self-regulation, growth mindset, positive youth development (PYD), perceived general health and physical activity (PA), and sport behaviour. A total of 188 students (male n = 120; female n = 68) originally participated (89 enrolled in an esports program in their school and 99 acted as aged-matched controls), with 58 participants (n = 19 esports group; n = 39 controls) completing both pre- and post-program information. At baseline, no significant differences were found between youth e-athletes and their aged-matched controls. The analysis for the observation period showed a significant interaction effect for the PYD confidence scale, with post-hoc comparisons showing a significant decrease in the control group from pre- to post assessment whereas the esports group remained the same. Time main effects showed a decrease in the self-regulation motivation factor, PYD connection factor and PA for all participants. Overall, this study showed that students enrolled in their respective school esports program did not differ from those who did not in self-regulation, growth mindset, PYD, perceived health and PA, and sport behaviour. It was likely that all participants showed a decrease in motivation, connection, and PA due to COVID19 lockdown during the study period. This study is the first to investigate the longitudinal impact of student involvement in high school esports and showed that esports participation did not have a negative impact on any health or psychological factors.

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Free Time Activities of High School Students: Sports or Video Games?

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Assessment of the Physical Activity of Children with Asthma Bronchiale

Assessment of the Physical Activity of Children with Asthma Bronchiale

The Influence of Socio-Demographic Factors on the Forms of Leisure for the Students at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports

Examining the Impact of School Esports Program Participation on Student Health and Psychological Development

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