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

Volume 23, Number 6(91) (2013)

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…

Well-Being, Activity, Mood and Optimistic Way of Thinking of Adolescent Athletes

Volume 23, Number 2(87) (2013)

Romualdas Malinauskas, Andrius Vaicekauskas Abstract Research aim was to establish peculiarities of wellbeing, activity, mood and optimism of adolescents engaged in sport. Research hypothesis was that sports activities would be beneficial to adolescents’ well-being and optimistic way of thinking. We investigated adolescent athletes of two age groups: 12.81±0.38 and 16±0.49 years of age, 90 athletes…

Links Between Psycho-Emotional Well-Being and Aggressive Behavior of Adolescents and Their Physical Activity

Volume 23, Number 2(87) (2013)

Audronė Dumčienė, Andrius Vaicekauskas Abstract Research aim was to establish the peculiarities of psycho-emotional well-being and aggression for physically active adolescents. The study deals with psycho-emotional well-being as a complex value consisting of four main components: level of mental health, feeling of coherence, self-control and level of stress. Adolescents were studied in two age groups:…