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Association between participation in physical activity and subjective well-being among adolescent in South Korea


Monday, November 2, 2015

Seungchul Lee, School of Health Policy and Management, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Hyungkyun Mok, Department of Health Policy and Management College of Health Sciences, Korea University, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Kyuhee Jo, BK21Plus Program in Public Health Sciences, Department of Health Sciences, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Junhyup Lee, School of Health Policy and Management, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)

Background

Regular physical activity (PA) improves adolescent life satisfaction. Recently, the importance of participation in physical activity tends to be decreased in South Korea.

Objective

The purpose of this study was to examine the association between participation in PA and subjective well-being.

Method

We analyzed the data from Korean Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey, 2013 containing 36,655 (Males) and 35,780 (Females). Study variables included PA, participation in physical education class, participation in team sports and subjective well-being. Control variables were socio-demographic, behavioral, and health factors. For this study, descriptive analysis, Chi-square test, and multivariate logistic regression analysis were performed.

Results

Among boys, after adjusting for control variables, PA (past 7 days 0 time reference group vs 6 and 7 times: OR 1.22, 95% CI: 1.12, 1.34), physical education class (past 7 days 0 time reference group vs over 3 times: OR 1.22, 95% CI: 1.14, 1.32), and team sports (no team reference group vs 2 team: OR 1.29, 95% CI: 1.19, 1.39) were associated with subjective well-being. Among girls, PA (past 7 days 0 time reference group vs 6 and 7 times: OR 1.31, 95% CI: 1.15, 1.5), physical education class (past 7 days 0 time reference group vs over 3 times: OR 1.18, 95% CI: 1.1, 1.26), and team sports (no team reference group vs 2 team: OR 1.16, 95% CI: 1.06, 1.27) were associated with subjective well-being.

Conclusions

Participation in physical activity may help adolescent promote their life satisfaction. Thus, education experts should develop various exercise curriculums to encourage participation in PA.

Learning Areas:

Public health administration or related administration

Learning Objectives:
Demonstrate relationship between participation in school physical activity and adolescent well-being.

Keyword(s): School-Based Health, Children and Adolescents

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I has been involved with studies related healthcare management and adolescent health issues. Especially, I am interested in hospital administration focuing on human resources. Also, I has studied physical health among adolescent in South Korea. My interests has been the development for promote healthcare neeeds of vulnerable people and adolescents.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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