Academic Performance and Physical Activities as Positive Factors for Life Satisfaction among University Students

Slavinski, Teodora; Bjelica, Dragan; Pavlović, Dejana; Vukmirović, Valentina

doi:10.3390/su13020497

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“…In addition, the majority also indicated that their scope of free time increased during the pandemic. This trend can be another illustration of the previous studies indicating young people's inability to self-engage into improving their physical and mental health (12,13), despite the fact of having more free time during the pandemic that is mostly spent alone.…”

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Lithuanian Adolescents’ Identity During the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Correlation Between Physical and Mental Health

Arcimavičienė¹,

Armonienė²

2022

Health Sciences

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Purpose. The aim of this study was to identify and analyse self-identity of Lithuanian youth during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how it is impacted by their involvement into physical activity and general state of mental health. Methods. To achieve the above, 140 responses were collected from young Lithuanian adults in the period of three months from September to November of 2021 to 12 closed questions, and 138 responses to 3 open-ended questions. The data was analysed for general statistical trends, with more focus on the content analysis carried out by procedurally applying NVivo 12.0. Results. The findings pointed out deteriorating physical activity (41%) during the pandemic caused by the factors related to unbalanced mental health (53%), namely anxiety and pandemic-induced fears, frequently experienced sadness, depressive moods and panic attacks. The changes in youth lifestyle such as more sedentary lifestyle and return to onsite learning also contributed to higher levels of stress and discouraged young people from physical activity. Conclusions. Given the importance of self-identity for adolescents, determining the factors that contribute to the negative changes of its development is crucial. This study has clarified that identity crisis among adolescents can be triggered by deteriorating physical activity that is incited by a set of such mental health related factors as higher levels of anxiety, pandemic-induced fears, a lack of socializing, laziness caused by containment and sedentary lifestyle, and finally school issues aggravated by the return to onsite learning in particular.

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Lithuanian Adolescents’ Identity During the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Correlation Between Physical and Mental Health

Arcimavičienė¹,

Armonienė²

2022

Health Sciences

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“…Moreover, while mental well-being, selfreported health, and age can explain 40.7% of the variances of the satisfaction with life, there may be other factors contributing to college students' life satisfaction. Other factors found in the literature that are linked with life satisfaction are satisfaction with family life (Schnettler et al, 2017), stress and ego-resilience (Kim & Koh, 2016), and academic performance, and physical activities (Slavinski et al, 2021), among others. Future researchers may consider these variables when studying life satisfaction in the current or similar context.…”

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After Over a Year of Pandemic: Mental Well-being and Life Satisfaction of Filipino College Students

Egcas

Oducado

Cleofas

et al. 2021

JSSH

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The COVID-19 pandemic has been there for over a year and may substantially negatively impact student’s mental well-being. This study aimed to assess the subjective mental well-being and satisfaction with life of Filipino college students. This cross-sectional study involved the analysis of 1,141 college students in the Philippines. The data were collected using the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. Results indicated that while 52.8% reported high satisfaction with life, 40.2% had poor mental well-being. Self-reported health status (β=1.899, p=.000), age (β=0.179, p=.000), and year level (β=0.306, p=.000) predicted mental well-being. On the other hand, subjective mental well-being (β=0.736, p=.000), self-reported health status (β=0.967, p=.000), and age (β=0.691, p=.025) predicted life satisfaction. The COVID-19 pandemic has likely affected students’ mental health and well-being. Interventions should be initiated to address the mental health needs of the students during this pandemic and even beyond the health crisis.

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“…When the body does sports activities, the body will produce beta-endorphins which have the effect of improving mood. Optimal physical activity affects quality of life [24].…”

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Relationship between Physical Activity, Stress and Sleep Quality and Emotional Intelligence

Sepdanius¹,

Harefa²,

Indika³

et al. 2023

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This research aims to determine the correlation between physical activity, stress and sleep quality with Emotional Intelligence (EI). This type of research is quantitative correlational research. The population in this research were students at the Faculty of Sports Science, Universitas Negeri Padang. 100 students participated in this research agreed to be the sample. The data in this research were obtained by the instruments distributed in the form of a questionnaire. The variables in this research were physical activity using the IPAQ questionnaire instrument, stress using the DASS questionnaire, sleep quality using the PSQI questionnaire instrument and EI using the WLEIS questionnaire instrument. The analytical technique used was inferential statistical analysis with the Spearman rank test. The results of hypothesis testing showed that, (1) There was a significant positive correlation between physical activity and EI (0.029 < 0.05). (2) There was a significant negative correlation between stress and EI (0.008 <0.05). (3) There was a significant negative correlation between sleep quality and EI (0.001 < 0.05). ( 4) There was a significant negative correlation between physical activity and stress (0.041 < 0.05). ( 5) There was a significant positive correlation between stress and sleep quality (0.000 < 0.05). ( 6) There was no significant negative correlation between physical activity and sleep quality (0.309 > 0.05). This research showed that there was an interrelated correlation between physical activity, stress and sleep quality on EI. However, there was no significant correlation between physical activity and sleep quality. Therefore, it is recommended to maintain the quality of physical activity in order to avoid stress so as to get good sleep quality and maintain EI.

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Academic Performance and Physical Activities as Positive Factors for Life Satisfaction among University Students

Cited by 22 publications

References 82 publications

Lithuanian Adolescents’ Identity During the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Correlation Between Physical and Mental Health

Lithuanian Adolescents’ Identity During the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Correlation Between Physical and Mental Health

After Over a Year of Pandemic: Mental Well-being and Life Satisfaction of Filipino College Students

Relationship between Physical Activity, Stress and Sleep Quality and Emotional Intelligence

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