Sense of Coherence and Optimism Among Sporting and Non-Sporting Students of Middle School Age

Romualdas Malinauskas, Artūras Akelaitis, Šarūnas Šniras Abstract Research aim was to establish peculiarities of well-being, activity, mood and optimism of sporting and non-sporting students. Research hypothesis was that sports activities would be beneficial to adolescents’ sense of coherence and optimism expression. The participants of the study were 342 sporting and non-sporting students of middle school…