Adolescents’ physical activity in education systems varying in the number of weekly physical education lessons
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15510%2F20%3A73598101" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15510/20:73598101 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2019.1688754" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2019.1688754</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2019.1688754" target="_blank" >10.1080/02701367.2019.1688754</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Adolescents’ physical activity in education systems varying in the number of weekly physical education lessons
Original language description
Purpose: School physical activity (SPA) is a significant component of daily PA. We investigated differences in PA between boys and girls in two differing education systems—Poland and the Czech Republic—which have four and two physical education lessons (PELs) per week, respectively. Method: This project was conducted from 2012–2016 at 17 Polish and 23 Czech secondary schools (N = 921; mean age = 16.2 ± 0.7 years). ActiTrainer accelerometers were used to monitor participants’ PA and heart rate during school days. Weekly PA was measured using pedometers. Subjective levels of weekly PA were self-reported on the International Physical Activity Questionnaire–long form. Results: The Polish education system enabled adolescents to meet the recommendations for moderate-to-vigorous PA more likely than did the Czech system. SPA also represented a higher portion of daily PA in the Polish (vs. Czech system); however, the differences in total daily step count between Polish and Czech adolescents were non-significant. SPA accounted for 30–37% of the daily PA (as measured by step count) of Polish girls (23–30% of Czech girls) and 28–39% of Polish boys (25–37% of Czech boys). Conclusions: Participation in PELs was associated with a higher rate of meeting SPA recommendations in both countries. Compared with the Czech Republic, more PELs in the Polish education system was associated with increased daily vigorous PA and a greater portion of SPA in daily PA. Differences in overall daily and weekly moderate-to-vigorous PA between Polish and Czech adolescents were non-significant.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA17-24378S" target="_blank" >GA17-24378S: Social Norms Intervention in the prevention of excessive sitting and physical activity promotion among Czech adolescents</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
RESEARCH QUARTERLY FOR EXERCISE AND SPORT
ISSN
0270-1367
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
91
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
"551–561"
UT code for WoS article
000509279300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85078486059