Karel Frömel|Michal Šafá?|Lukáš Jakubec|Dorota Groffik|Radim Žatka
Academic Stress and Physical Activity in Adolescents
Palacký University Olomouc|Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego im. Jerzego Kukuczki w Katowicach|Palacký University Olomouc|Palacký University Olomouc|Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego im. Jerzego Kukuczki w Katowicach|Palacký University Olomouc
issue workrelated mental health needs addressed school level aim study explore associations academic stress adolescent boys girls physical activity pa recesses school propose measures promote adoption lifelong healthy working habits adolescents 16 schools czech republic 6 schools poland participated study 187 boys 339 girls monitoring pa cognitive stress conducted one school day used actitrainer accelerometers monitor pa physical inactivity data time pa selfreported school lessons collected using recording sheets split participants two groups without selfreported stressor indicated one stressors differences overall pa recesses well afterschool pa boys without statistically significant pa characteristics observed similar results girls repeated measures anova confirmed differences pa stepshour recesses following particular lessons participants without statistically significant boys girls f41612 183 p0121 p20005 noteworthy girls statistically significantly likely meet 6000 steps school time recommendation 39 girls without 18 p 0001 study confirm assumption adolescents reporting less pa recesses even school adolescents without however overall low pa adolescents recesses school highlights need compensate adequate pa especially true adolescents recurrent several consecutive lessons