Original scientific paper
Attitude of High School Students Towards Sports and Physical Education and Their Alcohol Consuming and Smoking Habits – Age and Gender Differences
Damir Markuš
; Tehnička škola Čakovec
Vedrana Vukmir
; Prirodoslovna škola Vladimira Preloga Zagreb
Abstract
The research conducted on the sample of 171 male students and 693 female students in the High School of Science "Vladimir Prelog" from Zagreb aimed at finding out whether there are differences between the male and female students regarding their attitude towards physical education and exercise, alcohol drinking and smoking.
The results show that there is a statistically significant difference between the analysed groups. Male students have a more positive attitude towards physical education and sport than the female ones. A higher percentage of boys regularly consume alcoholic drinks once or several times a week, while the girls are more addicted to smoking. The analysed variables show a negative trend regarding the age. The older high school students get, the more frequently they drink alcohol, and they smoke more and get increasingly less interested in Physical Education, sport and exercise.
Keywords
high school students; sport; Physical Education; smoking; alcohol drinking
Hrčak ID:
152306
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Publication date:
19.6.2015.
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