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Direct linkKlára Kovács; Gabriella Pusztai – Sport, Education and Society, 2024
Social exclusion - in sports as well as in all other areas of life - is linked to low socioeconomic status, poverty, unemployment, and low educational attainment. This means that disadvantaged social groups are permanently trapped in a lifestyle lacking physical exercise. In a broader sense, social exclusion from sports activities affects a much…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Socioeconomic Status, Physical Activity Level
Download full textAydin Ilhan – Journal of Global Education and Research, 2024
This study examined the relationship between physical activity, digital game addiction, and academic success among university students. Participants were university 704 students from Turkiye who did physical activity and played digital games. The sample group consisted of 704 university students (342 women and 362 men), selected through random…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Video Games, Addictive Behavior, Academic Achievement
Vera Prünster; Martin Niedermeier; Klaus Greier; Armando Cocca; Gerhard Ruedl – Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among adolescents, with declines in physical activity (PA) and fitness (PF), partly due to school closures. Physical education (PE) in schools plays a crucial role in promoting well-being and PA. Research suggests gender differences in PA and PF and also in…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Gender Differences, Positive Attitudes, Physical Activity Level
Océane Cochon Drouet; Nicolas Margas; Valérian Cece; Vanessa Lentillon-Kaestner – European Physical Education Review, 2024
Jigsaw is an attractive cooperative method for implementing physical education (PE). However, Jigsaw is a demanding method for students and teachers and requires time. Thus, the time required for the implementation of Jigsaw is important with respect to its potential effects on students. Previous findings regarding the effects of Jigsaw on…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Physical Education, Gender Differences, Physical Activity Level
Markel Rico-González; Ricardo Martín-Moya; María Mendoza-Muñoz; Jorge Carlos-Vivas – Health Education Journal, 2024
Objective: Physical activity (PA) is essential to promote both optimal physical and emotional health in preschool children. Hence, well-founded PA guidelines are essential. 24-hour Movement Guidelines (which include PA, recreational screen time and sleep) have been established. Thus, this study aimed to explore preschool-aged children's adherence…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Guidelines, Preschool Children
Yiming Tao; Hongyan Yu; Min Liu; Peng Wang; Jian Zhang; Ying Yang; Tansiqi Xin – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To explore the relation between procrastination and physical activity in college students and test whether grit mediated, age and gender moderated the process. Participants: 610 college students (aged 20.07 ± 1.53; 45.2% males) in Shanghai. Methods: Procrastination, grit and physical activity were tested respectively by International…
Descriptors: College Students, Physical Activity Level, Resilience (Psychology), Persistence
Melvin Chung, HL; Cheah, WL; Hazmi, Helmy – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2023
Fundamental movement skills (FMS)-oriented school-based intervention allows children to be more competent and interested to participate in a wider range of physical activities. This study aimed to determine the physical activity and fundamental motor skills outcome from a school-based intervention programme among rural pre-schoolers in Kuching. It…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Rural Youth, Physical Activity Level
Czeczelewski, Jan; Czeczelewski, Marcin; Czeczelewska, Ewa – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: The study investigates the changes in body composition, dietary intake and physical activity of Polish health faculty undergraduates. Methods: 340 university students were measured at the beginning their studies. Subsequent measurements were performed at the beginning of the following academic years. In total, 82 men and 87 women were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Body Weight, Body Composition
Jhonatan Wélington Pereira Gaia; Paulo Henrique Amorim Marinho; Rodrigo Weyll Ferreira; Daniel Alvarez Pires – American Journal of Health Education, 2024
Background: Physical activity (PA) has been associated with decreased symptoms of depression and anxiety in the general population, but more consistent evidence is needed in the university population. Purpose: Investigate the association between physical activity and depressive and anxiety symptoms in undergraduates. Methods: 100 university…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Dere, Zeynep – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2023
Digitalization is an unavoidable benefits of modern life Digital transformation and change continue to be experienced in every field. Adolescents have accessed many apps, including those related to their academic life, online in the past year. It is vital for the health of adolescents that researchers identify their Internet addictions and come up…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Student Behavior, Internet, Undergraduate Students
Yuan, Ya-Qing; Wang, Mei-Juan; Zhang, Qiao-Xian; Zhang, Yang; Wang, Xuan-Li; Hou, Xiao; Zhang, Shao-Hua; Liu, Yang – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: Limited research has looked at the physical activity (PA) among Chinese children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities. Methods: The Children's Leisure Activities Study Survey-Chinese version was applied in evaluating PA levels among children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities. Results: The data indicated that only…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activity Level, Children, Adolescents
Valenciano Valcárcel, Javier; Jiménez-Loaisa, Alejandro; Rieiro, Ignacio; Martínez-Martínez, Jesús – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2023
This study examines the convergent validity of the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children (PAQ-C) for assessing moderate-to-vigorous and total physical activity (PA) in school children. 430 participants (51.6% girls) aged 9-12 years provided valid accelerometer data (wGT3X-BT) and completed the PAQ-C. Convergent validity was assessed using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Validity, Questionnaires, Physical Activity Level
Eliana Romina Meza-Miranda; Solange Liliana Parra-Soto; Samuel Durán-Agüero; Georgina Gomez; Valeria Carpio-Arias; Israel Ríos-Castillo; Ana Gabriela Murillo; Jacqueline Araneda; Gladys Morales; Brian M. Cavagnari; Edna J. Nava-González; Jhon J. Bejarano-Roncancio; Beatriz Núñez; Karla Cordón-Arrivillaga; Saby Mauricio-Alza; Leslie Landaeta-Díaz – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Introduction: Short sleep, physical inactivity, and being locked up are risk factors for weight gain. Objective: We evaluated weight gain according to sex, age, hours of sleep and physical activity in university students from 10 Latin American countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Cross-sectional and multicenter study (n = 4880).…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Sleep, Physical Activity Level, College Students
Ilhan, Aydin; Gumusdag, Hayrettin – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2022
The aim of this research is to examine the physical activity levels and basic psychological needs of university students according to various variables. The survey model, the quantitative research models, was used in the study. The population of the research consists of Pamukkale University students in the 2021-2022 academic year. 41,480…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, College Students, Mental Health, Gender Differences
Xu Zhang – International Education Studies, 2024
The prediction of physical ability is a key point to understand the physical training effect of college students. This paper uses the error Back Propagation neural network algorithms to investigate the college students' physical test results, and predicts the future trends of the results. The findings indicate that, in future ten years, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Exercise, Physical Activity Level
