Leisure Sports Activities Impact on Adults Personal Development and Quality of Life

摘要

Physical inactivity, with it‘s whole suite of morbid effects was identified as one of the most serious dangers threatening the health of the citizens in modern society. To combat this danger, both Public Authorities and Civil Society carry out to promote Physical Activity and Sports as the main means of combating the sedentary lifestyle and increase the quality of life. Present paper enrols in this public effort, trying to determine the leisure time budget of the investigated adults, their favorite recreational activities, the extent to which physical activity and sport can be found among those activities and the perception on the psycho-emotional and social benefits of Leisure Sports activity.