Influence of physical fitness components on personality factors and risk perception of children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the associations of cardiorespiratory fitness (VO₂ max) and muscular strength with indicators related to the risk scale, such as perceived competence, sensation seeking, competitiveness, risk taking and risk perception in sports.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

High schools from the Region of Murcia (Spain).

Participants

Three-hundred-and-seventeen adolescents participated (mean age: 13.69±1.2 years old).

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Body mass, body height, Course-Navette test, upper limb strength and psychoeducational factors that determine the propensity towards sports accidents in school children, the Sports Accident Propensity Scale were evaluated. It was performance t-test for independent samples, ste

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Galvez N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10728990 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature