Gender differences during adolescence in the motives for physical exercise, depression, anxiety and stress
Lately, there has been increase of interest in examining the motives of male and female adolescents for taking part in physical activities, as well as examining their depression, anxiety and stress. The objective of this paper was to investigate intergender differences between male and female adoles...
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| description | Lately, there has been increase of interest in examining the motives of male and female adolescents for taking part in physical activities, as well as examining their depression, anxiety and stress. The objective of this paper was to investigate intergender differences between male and female adolescents concerning the motives for physical exercise, depression, anxiety and stress. The pertinent sample accounted for 332 high-school students of both sexes from Valjevo (164 females and 168 male high school seniors), aged 18.10 ±
0.86.Three measuring instruments were used: Questionnaire for collecting basic data, The
Exercise Motivation Inventory 2 („EMI–2“) questionnaire and the Depression anxiety stress scale (DASS – 21). The internal consistency and reliability of the questionnaire and the scale was satisfactory. The given results revealed that there are statistically significant gender differences, as the male adolescents, compared to the female adolescents, more frequently took part in physical activities (p ≤ 0.01). The important difference between the motives for participating in physical activities between the male and female participants was defined, so the motives: Socializing, Competition, Enjoyment, Social recognition and Strength and Persistence were more dominant with male adolescents, whereas motives: Appearance, Agility, Maintaining and improving health, and Body mass control were manifested more with female high school seniors. The findings revealed, with the probability of error being 0.05 the statistically significant differences of the depression dimension between the adolescents who rarely or never take part in physical activities and those who take part in physical activities three or more times a week. The results suggest that there are significant differences between male and female participants when it comes to stress variable (t = -2.47, p ≤ 0.01) and anxiety variable (t = -2.17, p ≤ 0.05). Differences on the depression variable are not significant. The findings were discussed within the context of current empirical and theoretical frame. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ef061eaec7cf4b0298318cd876b1e23e2022-12-21T19:43:22ZengUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sport and Physical EducationExercise and Quality of Life1821-34802406-13792018-06-01101172710.31382/eqol.180602Gender differences during adolescence in the motives for physical exercise, depression, anxiety and stressMiroljub Ivanović0Uglješa Ivanović1College of vocational studies for teachers and professional computer scientists – Sirmium, Sremska Mitrovica, SerbiaAlpha University, Faculty of Management in Sports, Belgrade, SerbiaLately, there has been increase of interest in examining the motives of male and female adolescents for taking part in physical activities, as well as examining their depression, anxiety and stress. The objective of this paper was to investigate intergender differences between male and female adolescents concerning the motives for physical exercise, depression, anxiety and stress. The pertinent sample accounted for 332 high-school students of both sexes from Valjevo (164 females and 168 male high school seniors), aged 18.10 ± 0.86.Three measuring instruments were used: Questionnaire for collecting basic data, The Exercise Motivation Inventory 2 („EMI–2“) questionnaire and the Depression anxiety stress scale (DASS – 21). The internal consistency and reliability of the questionnaire and the scale was satisfactory. The given results revealed that there are statistically significant gender differences, as the male adolescents, compared to the female adolescents, more frequently took part in physical activities (p ≤ 0.01). The important difference between the motives for participating in physical activities between the male and female participants was defined, so the motives: Socializing, Competition, Enjoyment, Social recognition and Strength and Persistence were more dominant with male adolescents, whereas motives: Appearance, Agility, Maintaining and improving health, and Body mass control were manifested more with female high school seniors. The findings revealed, with the probability of error being 0.05 the statistically significant differences of the depression dimension between the adolescents who rarely or never take part in physical activities and those who take part in physical activities three or more times a week. The results suggest that there are significant differences between male and female participants when it comes to stress variable (t = -2.47, p ≤ 0.01) and anxiety variable (t = -2.17, p ≤ 0.05). Differences on the depression variable are not significant. The findings were discussed within the context of current empirical and theoretical frame.http://www.eqoljournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Ivanovic.pdfphysical exercise • sport • adolescents • motives • depression • anxiety • stress |
| spellingShingle | Miroljub Ivanović Uglješa Ivanović Gender differences during adolescence in the motives for physical exercise, depression, anxiety and stress Exercise and Quality of Life physical exercise • sport • adolescents • motives • depression • anxiety • stress |
| title | Gender differences during adolescence in the motives for physical exercise, depression, anxiety and stress |
| title_full | Gender differences during adolescence in the motives for physical exercise, depression, anxiety and stress |
| title_fullStr | Gender differences during adolescence in the motives for physical exercise, depression, anxiety and stress |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender differences during adolescence in the motives for physical exercise, depression, anxiety and stress |
| title_short | Gender differences during adolescence in the motives for physical exercise, depression, anxiety and stress |
| title_sort | gender differences during adolescence in the motives for physical exercise depression anxiety and stress |
| topic | physical exercise • sport • adolescents • motives • depression • anxiety • stress |
| url | http://www.eqoljournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Ivanovic.pdf |
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