Typologies of occupation of leisure-time of Spanish adolescents: the case of the participants in physical activities organized

Abstract

The elaboration of typologies is a previous step to improve the analysis of occupation of leisure-time and the establishment of collective measures that they affect in the development of healthy lifestyle among the young people. The sample of this study been has constituted by 1829 adolescents of three provinces. We use the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) questionnaire and the cluster analysis. These instruments have shown the existence of two different groups in regard to the leisure-time. These groups are related with sociodemographic variables like educational level and place of residence. Group of adolescents which accomplish physical activities organized did not show differences with the other groups of young people in relation to the consumption of television, time of study and use of computer. On the contrary, accomplish more physical activity in a workday than the other adolescents.

Activity-related behavior typologies in youth: a systematic review

“…Most included only screen time variables ( n = 22) [13, 26–30, 32, 34, 36–41, 43, 44, 47–50, 53, 54]. Four studies assessed screen-based and educational sedentary behaviors as separate variables [31, 35, 45, 55], with three additionally assessing social sedentary behaviors (e.g., talking on phone) [12, 51, 52]. Four studies included a summary measure combining screen-based, educational and social sedentary behaviors [24, 33, 42, 46].…”

“…Thirteen studies (36%) based activity-related behavioral typologies on combinations of physical activity and sedentary behavior only. The most commonly reported behavioral typology based only on these behaviors (Table 1) was that of high physical activity and low sedentary behavior ( n = 11) [12, 23, 30, 35, 36, 45, 48, 51, 53, 54], comprised mainly of adolescents under 15 years. Other common behavioral typologies were those characterized by low physical activity and high sedentary behavior ( n = 8) [23, 35, 36, 45, 48, 49, 53] with higher proportion of overweight/obese adolescents, high physical activity and high sedentary behavior engagement ( n = 5) [13, 30, 36, 51, 52] and low engagement in all behaviors ( n = 10) [12, 35, 36, 48, 49, 51, 52, 54].…”

The Influence of Socio-Demographic Factors on the Forms of Leisure for the Students at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports

“…The research conducted by the authors of [ 55 ] a decade ago on adolescents in three regions of Spain did not signal significant differences between active and sedentary subjects, in terms of the amount of time spent watching TV, computer games and solving homework. Those who were active only devoted more time to leisure physical activities, and their age and place of residence were decisive for the amount of physical exercise and the way they spend their free time.…”

Participación en actividades fuera de la escuela y su valor subjetivo: un estudio exploratorio con niños y adolescentes

“…En segundo lugar, nuestro estudio señala diferencias marcadas en la participación en actividades fuera de la escuela en función del género. Al igual que en estudios previos en España (Molinuevo, 2009;Nuviala et al, 2009) y en los Estados Unidos (Barber et al, 2009;Bruyn y Cillessen, 2008;Feldman y Matjasko, 2005;Simpkins et al, 2005), la participación de los chicos y chicas de la muestra señala ciertas tendencias estereotipadas en función del género. Es preocupante que en ambas edades los chicos estén sobrerrepresentados en actividades como "practicar un deporte" y "jugar a videojuegos", mientras que las chicas demuestran tener una mayor preferencia para participar en actividades de tipo social o relativas a lo escolar.…”