Interplay between adolescent physical activity and life satisfaction: gender as potential effect modifier

Agnė Slapšinskaitė (), Justė Lukoševičiūtė and Kastytis Šmigelskas
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Agnė Slapšinskaitė: Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Justė Lukoševičiūtė: Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Kastytis Šmigelskas: Lithuanian University of Health Sciences

International Journal of Public Health, 2020, vol. 65, issue 8, No 17, 1355-1363

Abstract: Abstract Objectives Recently, adolescents fall short of adequate physical activity (PA) requirements, though the benefits of active lifestyle are well documented. In this study, we analyzed how the PA is associated with life satisfaction among adolescent girls and boys. Methods Data for this study were collected in April–June 2018 during the international HBSC survey in Lithuania (n = 4191, aged 13.9 ± 1.69 years). From self-report questionnaire, the indicators reflecting PA, life satisfaction, body image, somatic complaints, wellbeing, demographic, and socioeconomic status were analyzed. Bivariate analysis used Chi-squared test, multivariate associations—logistic regression method. Results Moderate-to-vigorous PA was sufficient among 18% of schoolchildren, while 66% of respondents met vigorous PA requirements. For boys vigorous PA can be regarded as the predictor of better life satisfaction (OR = 1.63, p

Keywords: Schoolchildren; Physical activity; Life satisfaction; Body image; Biopsychosocial model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-020-01473-5

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