Physical activity and subjective well-being in Health Sciences first-year students

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Autor(a) principal: Honório, Samuel
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Batista, Marco, Silva, Raquel
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/6688
Resumo: It is evident that physical activity implies several health benefits and is considered a fundamental component for improving quality of life and well-being. The main objective of the study was to identify the relationship between students who maintain a regular physical activity practice and how this aspect contributes to their well-being, namely life satisfaction and affections. A total of 177 students of both genders, aged between 18 and 30 years, enrolled in the first year of Health Sciences College degrees participated in this research. The data collection instrument used was a questionnaire, with the Positive and Negative Affective Scale (PANAS) and the Satisfaction with Life (SWLS). In addition to descriptive statistics, the Mann-Whitney test was used to compare groups (83 practitioners and 94 non-practitioners). Results showed that students, who maintain practicing PA with the entrance in College had more favourable values in well-being with significant differences in terms of their satisfaction with life (p=0.04) and positive affections (p=0.01). We conclude that students from Health Sciences College degrees who maintain a constant physical activity practice present better results in the analysed variables in relation to those who stopped practicing after they start attending the first year of College.
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title Physical activity and subjective well-being in Health Sciences first-year students
spellingShingle Physical activity and subjective well-being in Health Sciences first-year students
Honório, Samuel
Students
Life satisfaction
Affections
Physical activity
Well-being
title_short Physical activity and subjective well-being in Health Sciences first-year students
title_full Physical activity and subjective well-being in Health Sciences first-year students
title_fullStr Physical activity and subjective well-being in Health Sciences first-year students
title_full_unstemmed Physical activity and subjective well-being in Health Sciences first-year students
title_sort Physical activity and subjective well-being in Health Sciences first-year students
author Honório, Samuel
author_facet Honório, Samuel
Batista, Marco
Silva, Raquel
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author2 Batista, Marco
Silva, Raquel
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Honório, Samuel
Batista, Marco
Silva, Raquel
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Students
Life satisfaction
Affections
Physical activity
Well-being
topic Students
Life satisfaction
Affections
Physical activity
Well-being
description It is evident that physical activity implies several health benefits and is considered a fundamental component for improving quality of life and well-being. The main objective of the study was to identify the relationship between students who maintain a regular physical activity practice and how this aspect contributes to their well-being, namely life satisfaction and affections. A total of 177 students of both genders, aged between 18 and 30 years, enrolled in the first year of Health Sciences College degrees participated in this research. The data collection instrument used was a questionnaire, with the Positive and Negative Affective Scale (PANAS) and the Satisfaction with Life (SWLS). In addition to descriptive statistics, the Mann-Whitney test was used to compare groups (83 practitioners and 94 non-practitioners). Results showed that students, who maintain practicing PA with the entrance in College had more favourable values in well-being with significant differences in terms of their satisfaction with life (p=0.04) and positive affections (p=0.01). We conclude that students from Health Sciences College degrees who maintain a constant physical activity practice present better results in the analysed variables in relation to those who stopped practicing after they start attending the first year of College.
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