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Analysis of Self-Perceived Physical Fitness of Physical Education Students in Public Schools in Extremadura (Spain)
Adolescence is a stage of crucial physiological and psychological changes within the individual’s life cycle, where fitness work is important. With self-perception being crucial in relation to adolescent health and well-being, a positive perception of fitness is directly related to increased practic...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10047493/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36980162 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10030604 |
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author | Galán-Arroyo, Carmen Mendoza-Muñoz, David Manuel Pérez-Gómez, Jorge Hernández-Mosqueira, Claudio Rojo-Ramos, Jorge |
author_facet | Galán-Arroyo, Carmen Mendoza-Muñoz, David Manuel Pérez-Gómez, Jorge Hernández-Mosqueira, Claudio Rojo-Ramos, Jorge |
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description | Adolescence is a stage of crucial physiological and psychological changes within the individual’s life cycle, where fitness work is important. With self-perception being crucial in relation to adolescent health and well-being, a positive perception of fitness is directly related to increased practice or higher level of physical activity (PA). Thus, the aims were: (1) to analyze, with the Visual Analogue Fitness Perception Scale for Adolescents (FP VAS A), the self-perceived physical fitness (PF) of high school students, (2) to investigate if there are differences according to sex and school location, and (3) to study the correlations between the items of the FP VAS A with age and body mass index (BMI). For this purpose, a cross-sectional study was designed with a total of 961 participants, 48.8% boys and 51.2% girls in secondary education, where 31.9% studied in rural schools and 68.1% in urban schools. The FP VAS A scale was used to assess self-reported PF. Regarding the results, there were statistically significant differences between sexes (p < 0.001), with boys showing higher scores than girls in all the items of the FP VAS A scale, with the exception of global flexibility. Inverse, mean and significant correlations were established between BMI and self-perceived overall PF (r = −0.202; p < 0.001), cardiorespiratory endurance (r = −0.226; p < 0.001) and movement speed (r = −0.268; p < 0.001). Between age and self-perceived cardiorespiratory endurance (r = −0.138; p < 0.001) an inverse, mean and significant correlation was also observed. In conclusion, boys showed a better self-perception of PF than girls for all physical abilities, with the exception of flexibility. School location was not shown to influence students’ self-perceived PF. In addition, most of the self-perceived PF abilities for overall fitness correlated inversely with BMI. |
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spelling | pubmed-100474932023-03-29 Analysis of Self-Perceived Physical Fitness of Physical Education Students in Public Schools in Extremadura (Spain) Galán-Arroyo, Carmen Mendoza-Muñoz, David Manuel Pérez-Gómez, Jorge Hernández-Mosqueira, Claudio Rojo-Ramos, Jorge Children (Basel) Article Adolescence is a stage of crucial physiological and psychological changes within the individual’s life cycle, where fitness work is important. With self-perception being crucial in relation to adolescent health and well-being, a positive perception of fitness is directly related to increased practice or higher level of physical activity (PA). Thus, the aims were: (1) to analyze, with the Visual Analogue Fitness Perception Scale for Adolescents (FP VAS A), the self-perceived physical fitness (PF) of high school students, (2) to investigate if there are differences according to sex and school location, and (3) to study the correlations between the items of the FP VAS A with age and body mass index (BMI). For this purpose, a cross-sectional study was designed with a total of 961 participants, 48.8% boys and 51.2% girls in secondary education, where 31.9% studied in rural schools and 68.1% in urban schools. The FP VAS A scale was used to assess self-reported PF. Regarding the results, there were statistically significant differences between sexes (p < 0.001), with boys showing higher scores than girls in all the items of the FP VAS A scale, with the exception of global flexibility. Inverse, mean and significant correlations were established between BMI and self-perceived overall PF (r = −0.202; p < 0.001), cardiorespiratory endurance (r = −0.226; p < 0.001) and movement speed (r = −0.268; p < 0.001). Between age and self-perceived cardiorespiratory endurance (r = −0.138; p < 0.001) an inverse, mean and significant correlation was also observed. In conclusion, boys showed a better self-perception of PF than girls for all physical abilities, with the exception of flexibility. School location was not shown to influence students’ self-perceived PF. In addition, most of the self-perceived PF abilities for overall fitness correlated inversely with BMI. MDPI 2023-03-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10047493/ /pubmed/36980162 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10030604 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Galán-Arroyo, Carmen Mendoza-Muñoz, David Manuel Pérez-Gómez, Jorge Hernández-Mosqueira, Claudio Rojo-Ramos, Jorge Analysis of Self-Perceived Physical Fitness of Physical Education Students in Public Schools in Extremadura (Spain) |
title | Analysis of Self-Perceived Physical Fitness of Physical Education Students in Public Schools in Extremadura (Spain) |
title_full | Analysis of Self-Perceived Physical Fitness of Physical Education Students in Public Schools in Extremadura (Spain) |
title_fullStr | Analysis of Self-Perceived Physical Fitness of Physical Education Students in Public Schools in Extremadura (Spain) |
title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of Self-Perceived Physical Fitness of Physical Education Students in Public Schools in Extremadura (Spain) |
title_short | Analysis of Self-Perceived Physical Fitness of Physical Education Students in Public Schools in Extremadura (Spain) |
title_sort | analysis of self-perceived physical fitness of physical education students in public schools in extremadura (spain) |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10047493/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36980162 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10030604 |
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