Vol. 4, No 2, 2006 pp. 115 - 123
UDC 504.75: -053.81
Scientific Paper
CORRELATION BETWEEN PERCIVED QUALITY OF
LIFE
AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT IN YOUTH
Rado Pišot1,2, Veronika L. Kropej1
1Institute of Kinesiology Research
at the Science and Research Center of Koper, University of Primorska, Slovenia
2Faculty of Education, University of
Primorska, Slovenia
E-mail: rado.pisot@pef.upr.si
E-mail: veronikalucija.kropej@zrs-kp.si
Abstract. The purpose of this present research was to find out the
correlation between the perception of quality of life (QL) and physical/sports
activity (P/Sa) in youths (girls: n = 412; 18.43
± 1.5 yrs; boys: n = 520;
18.51
± 1.72 yrs) in Slovenia. The subjects were asked to evaluate the
quality of their life (QL) (excellent, very good, good, poor, very poor)
and to fill in other variables regarding the economic indicators of their
families, the tidiness of the family environment, leisure activities, level
of overnourishment and some motor abilities. In a further analysis we investigated
the differences between two extreme groups, according to their self-rated
QL (very good - excellent as one extremity and poor - very poor as the
other one). In the case of the subjects who declared to have poor quality
of life (PQL) a lack of interest emerges for sports engagement. They show
substantially worse results in the trunk-raising test (TR) as well as in
the 600m-running test (T600m) than the subjects who declared to have a
good quality of life (GQL) (P = 0.05). These findings point out a need
for a holistic treatment of the problem. Everyone involved in the promotion,
stimulation, organization and management of P/Sa contents must reflect
upon these findings.
Key words: youths, life quality, physical/sports activity
POVEZANOST KVALITETA ŽIVOTA I ZDRAVE SREDINE
MLADIH
Cilj ovog istraživanja je bio da se pronađe veza između sagledavanja kvaliteta
života (QL) i fizičke/sportske aktivnosti mladih (devojaka: n= 412; 18.,43
± 1.5 godina; mladića n = 520; 18.51
± 1.72 godina) u Sloveniji. Od ispitanika
se tra?ilo da procene kvalitet njihovog života (QL: odličan, veoma dobar,
dobar, loš, veoma loš) i da daju i ostale podatke-varijable vezane za status
njihovih porodica, čistotu porodičnog ambijenta, slobodne aktivnosti, nivo
ishranjenosti i neke motorne sposobnosti. U daljoj analizi ispitivane su
razlike između dve ekstremne grupe prema njihovim samoprocenama o kvalitetu
života (veoma dobar-savršen kao jedan ekstrem i loš-veoma loš kao drugi
ekstrem). U grupi koja je izjavila da ima loš kvalitet života (PQL) javlja
se nedostatak interesovanja za sportsko anga?ovanje. Ovi ispitanici pokazuju
značajnije loše rezultate u podizanju trupa kao na testu trčanja na 600
metara, ako ih poredimo sa ispitanicima koji su izjavili da imaju dobar
kvalitet života (GQL) (p = 0.05). Dobijeni rezultati ukazuju na potrebu
holističkog sagledavanja problema. Stoga svi koji su zaduženi za fizičke/sportske
aktivnosti moraju da uzmu u obzir ove rezultate prilikom promocije, stimulacije,
organizacije i menadžmenta sportskih sadržaja.
Ključne reči: mladi, kvalitet života, fizičke/sportske aktivnosti
