Teaching network adolescents’ knowledge and perception about physical exercise from the north of Paraná

• Autor(a) principal: Rocha, Priscila Garcia Marques da
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Rodrigues, Vanildo Pereira, Moreira, Tamara de Souza
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Journal of Physical Education (Maringá)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/RevEducFis/article/view/3318
• topic: Exercício físico; Atividade física; Comportamento do adolescente; 4.09.00.00-2 Educação Física

The main purpose of this research consisted in identifying the knowledge and perception about physical exercise in athletes and non-athletes adolescents in the teaching network from a city of the north of Paraná state. Were part of the study 445 adolescents from 12 to 17 years old, from which 360 were public teaching network High School non-athletes students and 85 were athlete students. The measure instrument used was the knowledge and perception about physical exercise questionnaire. The non-athletes adolescents showed better levels of knowledge about physical exercise (♂ 16,8 (± 4,0), ♀ 17,2 (± 3,4); p=0,14) than the athletes (♂ 15,8 (± 3,8), ♀ 15,1 (± 3,4); p=0,83) but there was no statistically significant differences. This research highlights that the information about physical exercise must be implemented by coaches and teachers, in a way that these adolescents become more conscientious of quality of life’s importance.