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Perez-Gomez, Jorge

Galan-Arroyo, Carmen

Mendoza-Munoz, David Manuel

Hernandez-Mosqueira, Claudio

Rojo-Ramos, Jorge

Analysis of Self-Perceived Physical Fitness of Physical Education Students in Public Schools in Extremadura (Spain)

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Adolescence is a stage of crucial physiological and psychological changes within the individual's life cycle, where fitness work is important. With self-perception being crucial in relation to adolescent health and well-being, a positive perception of fitness is directly related to increased practice or higher level of physical activity (PA). Thus, the aims were: (1) to analyze, with the Visual Analogue Fitness Perception Scale for Adolescents (FP VAS A), the self-perceived physical fitness (PF) of high school students, (2) to investigate if there are differences according to sex and school location, and (3) to study the correlations between the items of the FP VAS A with age and body mass index (BMI). For this purpose, a cross-sectional study was designed with a total of 961 participants, 48.8% boys and 51.2% girls in secondary education, where 31.9% studied in rural schools and 68.1% in urban schools. The FP VAS A scale was used to assess self-reported PF. Regarding the results, there were statistically significant differences between sexes (p < 0.001), with boys showing higher scores than girls in all the items of the FP VAS A scale, with the exception of global flexibility. Inverse, mean and significant correlations were established between BMI and self-perceived overall PF (r = -0.202, p < 0.001), cardiorespiratory endurance (r = -0.226, p < 0.001) and movement speed (r = -0.268, p < 0.001). Between age and self-perceived cardiorespiratory endurance (r = -0.138, p < 0.001) an inverse, mean and significant correlation was also observed. In conclusion, boys showed a better self-perception of PF than girls for all physical abilities, with the exception of flexibility. School location was not shown to influence students' self-perceived PF. In addition, most of the self-perceived PF abilities for overall fitness correlated inversely with BMI.

2023

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10.3390/children10030604

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physical fitness

childhood

physical education

self-perceived physical fitness

Pediatría

aptitud física

infancia

educación Física

aptitud física autopercibida

versión publicada

dorada

verde

acceso abierto

acceso abierto

WOS:000968404800001

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CC BY 4.0

CC BY 4.0

Pediatría