Citation

Gadžić A, Vučković I. Biomed. Hum. Kinet. 2009; 1(1): 83-85.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Versita Publications)

DOI

10.2478/v10101-009-0021-y

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Study aim : To examine the relationships between sport participation and sociometric status of adolescent youths. Material and methods : A group of 359 secondary school students from central Serbia (143 male and 216 female) aged 16 - 19 years participated in the study. The subjects were given questionnaires pertaining to their participation in sports and sociometric relations, especially "work with" and "interact with". Results : In total, about 23% of subjects were actively engaged in sports at various levels: local (11%), regional (8%), national (3%) and international (2 subjects), the others were classified as sedentary. The sport-active subjects scored significantly (p Conclusions : The presented results can be regarded as preliminary only and call for conducting the study on a larger cohort and to include more psychosocial variables.