Impact of Physical Activity on the Aggressiveness, Deviant Behavior and Self-esteem with School Children Aged 11-15

摘要

Comprehension of factors responsible for reduction of physical activities with adolescents is of a primary importance for an effective development of programs and strategies in promoting the physical activity amongthis population group. The aim of the present research is the explore impact of physical and sports activities onthe aggressive, deviant behavior and self-confidence among schoolchildren aged from 11 to 15. The researchwas conducted on a sample of 177 Macedonian adolescents from several primary schools in the city of Skopje.More scales of assessing physical activity, sedentary habits, self-confidence and behaving aggressively and ina deviant way were applied for the purposes of the present research. The results obtained from the researchare statistically processed and each variable is with individually calculated basic descriptive statistic, while therelation between the applied variables is determined by the use of Pearson’s coefficient of correlation (R). Onthe base of the obtained data a conclusion can be drawn that there is no statistically significant relation between physical activity and the total or individual types of aggressiveness, deviant behavior and self-confidence. There is a statistically significant positively low correlation between the times spent at the computerdesk on work days and physically manifested aggressiveness, and there is statistically significant negative lowcorrelation between the time spent studying and deviant behavior within the whole group of respondents.