HEALTH PROMOTING BEHAVIOR AND SPORT

• Authors: Fialova L.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

An analysis of health promoting behaviors in the Czech adult population - sporting (n = 272) and non-sporting (n = 128) - and a comparison with German (n = 400) and Russian (n = 400) adults is presented in this article. In the investigation a questionnaire was employed called 'Sport, Health and Body Concepts in Central and Eastern Europe' which included mostly closed questions requiring answers on a Lickert type scale. Sporting adults were found to be more satisfied with their personal well-being, their health and bodies, they suffer less from psychosomatic difficulties (restless sleep, headache, backache, digestion problems, easily feeling weary) and their attitudes to health were more mature (healthier way of living, more regular visits to the physician, smoking less often, greater care of health, better condition and appearance).

Keywords

EN

APPEARANCE; HEALTH; PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE BODY; SATISFACTION; SPORT

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2004
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 31-35
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Fialova L.

• L. Fialova, Charles University Prague, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Department of Psychology, Pedagogy and Didactics, J. Martiho 31, 16252 Prague 6, Czech Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

05SKAAAA00491235