Habits and behaviours related to the health in adolescents during their leisure time

• Published in: Anales de psicología (Murcia, Spain) Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 140 - 147
• Main Authors: Gil-Madrona, Pedro, Prieto-Ayuso, Alejandro, Silva, Sheila Aparecida Dos Santos, Serra-Olivares, Jaime, Aguilar Jurado, Miguel Ángel, Díaz-Suárez, Arturo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Murcia Servicio de Publicaciones, Universidad de Murcia 01.01.2019
• Subjects: Alcohol; College students; Core curriculum; Habits; Leisure; Parents & parenting; Pedagogy; Physical education; Smoking; Teenagers; Tobacco
• ISSN: 0212-9728; 1695-2294
• DOI: 10.6018/analesps.35.1.301611

This research attempts to determine which are the common practices related to the participation in sport and physical activities within the consumption of harmful substances in adolescents. A descriptive, correlational and transversal design was performed. A total of 1,140 subjects participated in the study (Mean age: 18.75 ± 6.35 years old; gender: male 46.7%, female 53.3%), of wich 790 were undergraduates and 350 non-undergraduates from the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). It was used the Evaluation Questionnaire of the Habits related to the Health (Gil-Madrona, González-Víllora, Pastor-Vicedo, & Fernández-Bustos, 2010). Descriptive analysis revealed that a high percentage of adolescents do not practice sport regularly. The differential analysis showed significant statistical values which relates the sport habit with the tobacco, alcohol and/or drugs consumption. It was concluded that the design and development of programmes which foster physical activity are a need.