Sport and other motor activities of Warsaw students

• Authors: Elżbieta Biernat
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Study aim: To assess the engagement of students of Warsaw university schools in sports and in recreational motor activities.Material and methods: A cohort (n = 1100) of students attending B.S. or M.S. courses at 6 university schools in Warsaw were studied by applying questionnaire techniques. The questions pertained to participation in competitive sports and in recreational motor activities throughout the last year.Results: 8% of all students participated in competitive sports, 5% were members of college athletic clubs. Over 90% of students declared practicing leisure motor activities regularly (53%), seasonally (29%) or occasionally (11%). Most differences were related to the study year, 2nd year students being more active than their 4th year mates.Conclusions: Higher engagement of 2nd than of 4th year students in motor activities may result from obligatory, curricular physical education activities. Academic communities ought to undertake substantial effort towards shaping continuous health-directed habits of students.

Keywords

EN

Competitive sport; Motor activity - Sport for all; Students

• Publisher: Versita
• Journal: Biomedical Human Kinetics
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 3
• Pages: 10-13

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2011

online

23 - 2 - 2011

Contributors

author

Elżbieta Biernat

• Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10101-011-0003-8