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impact of sports activities on the adolescent’s socialization otrok in mladostnik – okolje | child and adolescent - environment
Maša Zorc, Gregor Polanec, Tanja Zupančič, Vita Hojnik, Andrej Starc
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Health Sciences, Zdravstvena pot 5, 1000
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Introduction: Secondary socialization refers to the process when individuals
begin to enrol in various social roles. Young people live in a period of growing
social media network and they spend several hours daily using it, have a sed-
entary 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.
Methods: Literature review as a descriptive research method was used in this
article. We identified studies form searching literature in English language, pub-
lished from 2008 - 2019 in following databases: Pubmed, Cochrane Library, Sci-
ence 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. There are effects
such as impact on growth and development of children, sense of belonging,
development of their identity, learning different values, patterns of behaviour,
building friendship, they can teach to prevent and solve conflicts and improve
communication.
Discussion: The modern lifestyle is mostly sedentary, and its main character-
istic is lack of physical activity. Many organizations promote sport as a form of
physical activity 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
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Maša Zorc, Gregor Polanec, Tanja Zupančič, Vita Hojnik, Andrej Starc
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Health Sciences, Zdravstvena pot 5, 1000
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Introduction: Secondary socialization refers to the process when individuals
begin to enrol in various social roles. Young people live in a period of growing
social media network and they spend several hours daily using it, have a sed-
entary 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.
Methods: Literature review as a descriptive research method was used in this
article. We identified studies form searching literature in English language, pub-
lished from 2008 - 2019 in following databases: Pubmed, Cochrane Library, Sci-
ence 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. There are effects
such as impact on growth and development of children, sense of belonging,
development of their identity, learning different values, patterns of behaviour,
building friendship, they can teach to prevent and solve conflicts and improve
communication.
Discussion: The modern lifestyle is mostly sedentary, and its main character-
istic is lack of physical activity. Many organizations promote sport as a form of
physical activity 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
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