Physical activity of students in the era of globalization

Starościak Wojciech, Guła-Kubiszewska Halina, Kałwa Małgorzata, Dębska Urszula. Physical activity of students in the era of globalization. Journal of Education. Health and Sport. 2016;6(13):96-114. eISSN 2391-8306.

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Received: 05.12.2016. Revised 20.12.2016. Accepted: 31.12.2016.

Physical activity of students in the era of globalization

Wojciech Starościak, University School of Physical Education in Wrocław, School PE Methodology Department

Halina Guła-Kubiszewska, University School of Physical Education in Wrocław, School PE Methodology Department

Małgorzata Kałwa, University School of Physical Education in Wrocław, Sports Didactics Department
Urszula Dębska, Wrocław University, Faculty of History and Pedagogy, Institute of Psychology
Address for correspondence: Urszula Dębska, Lubuska 1/18, 53-514 Wrocław, u.debska@psychologia.uni.wroc.pl, Tel.  693102995

Abstract

Purpose. The analysis of physical activity of the contemporary students. Do the students with mostly reported health problems engage in any forms of activity at all? Is the presence of health problems a factor differentiating the level of physical activity of the researched students?

Methods. Survey, International Physical Activity Questionnaire IPAQ (short).

1153 male students (n=538) and female students (n=615) were tested: (Wroclaw University School of Physical Education) (n=953) and University of Wroclaw (n=200).

Results. The tested men declared higher than women levels of physical activity: (t-Student 4,41; p 0.00). The AWF students declare a significantly higher level of physical activity than the University students (t-Student 7,52; p 0.00; 12,81; p 0.00; 10,79; p 0.00). The subjects involved in training declare a significantly higher level of physical activity (t-Student 7.09; p 0.00; 13,24; p 0.00; 11,22; p 0.00). Among the respondents’ reported pain complaints headaches differentiate the respondents as regards the declared level of physical activity of high and moderate intensity (n=237).

Conclusions.

Physical education students undertake physical activity on a high and moderate level more often than students of other pedagogical sciences. The main differentiate factors: sex, specialist education profile and sports activity. A larger proportion of the AWF subjects reports problems connected with the lumbar spine pains whereas the university students mainly complain of headaches. The female university students reporting headaches less frequently undertake physical activity on a high and moderate level.