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The impact of sports activities
on the adolescents socialization
Maša Zorc, Gregor Polanec, Tanja Zupančič, Vita Hojnik, Andrej Starc
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Health Sciences, Zdravstvena pot 5, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Abstract
Introduction: Secondary socialization refers to the process when
individuals begin to enrole in various social roles. Young people live
in a period of growing social media network and they spend several
hours daily using it, are physically inactive, have a sedentary lifestyle
and lose interest in physical activity. Lack of physical activity can
impair teenagers healthy growth and development, and negatively affect
their physical and mental health. Research shows that sports provide
physically and socially development by improving social skills with
interacting to each other. Methods: Literature review as a descriptive
research method was used in this article. We identified studies form
searching literature in English language, published from 2008 - 2019 in
following databases: Pubmed, Cochrane Library, Science direct, ERIC,
Web of Science and DIKUL. Results: The results of studies report many
positive effects of sport on physical and mental health, and also on
development of social skills on young who are actively involved in sport.
There are positive effects such as impact on growth and development
of children, learning of different skills, development of their identity,
development of sense of belonging, learning different values, patterns
of behaviour, building friendship, they can teach to prevent and solve
conflicts and improve communication. Discussion and conclusion: The
modern lifestyle is mostly sedentary, and its main characteristic is lack of
physical activity. Many organizations, global and national ones, promote
sport and physical exercise as a form of physical activity in children,
adults and the elderly, but a lifestyle change is a complex process that
requires a lot of effort before positive effects on socialization can be
detected.
Keywords: sport, physical activity, adolescent, socialization, sport
socialization
on the adolescents socialization
Maša Zorc, Gregor Polanec, Tanja Zupančič, Vita Hojnik, Andrej Starc
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Health Sciences, Zdravstvena pot 5, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Abstract
Introduction: Secondary socialization refers to the process when
individuals begin to enrole in various social roles. Young people live
in a period of growing social media network and they spend several
hours daily using it, are physically inactive, have a sedentary lifestyle
and lose interest in physical activity. Lack of physical activity can
impair teenagers healthy growth and development, and negatively affect
their physical and mental health. Research shows that sports provide
physically and socially development by improving social skills with
interacting to each other. Methods: Literature review as a descriptive
research method was used in this article. We identified studies form
searching literature in English language, published from 2008 - 2019 in
following databases: Pubmed, Cochrane Library, Science direct, ERIC,
Web of Science and DIKUL. Results: The results of studies report many
positive effects of sport on physical and mental health, and also on
development of social skills on young who are actively involved in sport.
There are positive effects such as impact on growth and development
of children, learning of different skills, development of their identity,
development of sense of belonging, learning different values, patterns
of behaviour, building friendship, they can teach to prevent and solve
conflicts and improve communication. Discussion and conclusion: The
modern lifestyle is mostly sedentary, and its main characteristic is lack of
physical activity. Many organizations, global and national ones, promote
sport and physical exercise as a form of physical activity in children,
adults and the elderly, but a lifestyle change is a complex process that
requires a lot of effort before positive effects on socialization can be
detected.
Keywords: sport, physical activity, adolescent, socialization, sport
socialization
