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How physical activity interplays with life satisfaction among adolescents? / Agnė Slapšinskaitė, Justė Lukoševičiūtė, Kastytis Šmigelskas
Type of publication
Konferencijų tezės nerecenzuojamame leidinyje / Conference theses in non-peer-reviewed publication (T2)
Title
How physical activity interplays with life satisfaction among adolescents? / Agnė Slapšinskaitė, Justė Lukoševičiūtė, Kastytis Šmigelskas
Date Issued
Date Issued |
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2021-06-10 |
Extent
p. 1-1.
Is part of
Spring 2021 Online meeting Post-meeting report : 10-11th June 2021 / Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC). 2021.
Version
Originalus / Original
Description
no. 4
Parallel sessions 2.2 Mental health
Field of Science
Abstract
Background: Worldwide more than 80% of schoolchildren and adolescents fall short of the physical activity (PA) requirements set by World Health Organization (WHO). Specifically, between 11 and 15 years daily PA dropped among boys from 30 to 21%, among girls from 21 to 11% (Inchley et al. 2016). Objective: We analysed how the PA is associated with life satisfaction among adolescent girls and boys. Methods: Data were collected in April-June 2018 during the international HBSC survey in Lithuania (n = 4191, aged 13.9 ± 1.69 years). From self-report questionnaire, the indicators reflecting PA, life satisfaction, body image, somatic complaints, wellbeing, demographic, and socioeconomic status were analysed. Bivariate analysis used Chi-squared test, multivariate associations-logistic regression method. Results: Moderate-to-vigorous PA was sufficient among 18% of schoolchildren, while 66% of respondents met vigorous PA requirements. For boys vigorous PA can be regarded as the predictor of better life satisfaction (OR = 1.63, p < 0.05), while for girls the moderate-to-vigorous PA is observed as a risk factor for lower life satisfaction at borderline significance (OR = 0.67, p = 0.053). Conclusions: The found relationships of biological, psychological and socioeconomic factors with gender as a specific effect modifier indicate that PA intensity differently effect adolescents’ life satisfaction. In both genders, the perception of wellbeing strongly affects the potential influence of PA on life satisfaction. Schools, parents, and policy makers should enable the adolescents with more opportunities and equipment for vigorous rather than moderate-to-vigorous PA.
Type of document
type::text::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper
Other Identifier(s)
(LSMU ALMA)990001043780107106
Coverage Spatial
Jungtinė Karalystė / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GB)
Language
Anglų / English (en)