Sąveika tarp 11-12 klasių mokinių fizinio aktyvumo bendrosios apimties ir optimistinio mąstymo būdo
LTStraipsnyje analizuojama sąveika tarp 11 – 12 klasių mokinių fizinio aktyvumo (FA) bendrosios apimties ir optimistinio mąstymo būdo. Tyrimui pasirinktos imties tūrį sudarė 100 vyresnių (11 – 12) klasių mokiniai. Apklausai pasitelktos anketos fizinio aktyvumo bendrosios apimties ir optimistinio mąstymo būdo nustatymui. Atskleista, kad tarp fizinio aktyvumo bendrosios apimties ir optimistinio mąstymo būdo egzistuoja tiesinis koreliacinis ryšys. Didėjant fizinio aktyvumo apimčiai, mokinių mąstymo būdas yra labiau optimistinis.
ENResearch aim – to establish the relationship between the overall scope of physical activity of 11-12th grade pupils and optimistic way of thinking. Research hypothesis – way of thinking of physically active pupils is more optimistic than that of physically passive pupils. The research employed the following methods of questionnaire survey: Dember’s Optimism/Pessimism Scale and Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). Physical activity of 11-12th grade pupils was established using the short form of the modified international physical activity (IPAQ) questionnaire. The questionnaire included four parts determining the intensity of physical activity, its frequency in days per week, duration in minutes per day (the recorded duration was longer than 10 min at a time), as well as the duration of sedentary bout length per week. The scope of physical activity of different intensity for the respondents was established in METs. Referring to the recommendations, all respondents were divided into the groups of high, moderate and low physical activity. Optimistic thinking was evaluated using Dember’s et al., (1989) Optimism/Pessimism Scale. Respondents were given 56 items which had to be evaluated on a 4-point Likert scale. The reliability of this scale in our study was adequate: Cronbach’s alpha was 0.789 for optimistic thinking. Interaction between the variables was assessed by the rank correlation coefficient (Kendall tau – c). The study included 100 of 11-12th grade pupils. It was established that high physical activity of 11-12th grade pupils amounted to 3654 ± 714, moderate -1947 ± 399, and low – 731 ± 387 METs per week. The commonly established scope of physical activity group of senior-grade pupils – low physical activity group (46 proc.), at least – high physical activity group (16 proc.).
