Marijana Geets-Kesi?|Nevenka Maras|Barbara Gili?
Analysis of the Association Between Health Literacy, Physical Literacy, and Scholastic Achievement; A Preliminary Cross-Sectional Study Among High- School Students From Southern Croatia
University of Split|University of Zagreb|University of Split
theoretically health literacy hl physical literacy pl associated overall education little known association scholastic achievement aim study investigate whether scholastic variables relate hl pl among highschool adolescents observed 268 high school students 202 females 66 males assessed hl using hlseu47 questionnaire pl playself questionnaire scholastic variables included grade point average excused unexcused number absences school genderstratified correlations cluster analysis discriminant canonical analysis calculated establish associations study variables correlations hl scholastic variables generally poor statistically significant correlations grade point average hl noted among girls r016 plt005 cluster discriminant analyses confirmed higher hl pl among girls better school associations hl pl scholastic achievement generally poor results point necessity investigation problem hence specific types knowledge explored possible correlates hl pl adolescence