Abstract

BELEM, Isabella Caroline; CAMARGO, Danielli Aparecida Dias  and  BOTH, Jorge. Different lifestyle behaviors of college students from the Physical Education Course. Pensar en Movimiento [online]. 2019, vol.17, n.2, pp.49-64. ISSN 1659-4436.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/pensarmov.v17vi2i.34733.

The aim of this study was to identify the academic profile of students in an undergraduate course in the Physical Education Program based on their lifestyle (LS). A total of 157 university students of a Brazilian public university participated in this study. Research tools used were the Fantastic Lifestyle Assessment and a socio-demographic questionnaire. Cluster analysis and Kruskal-Wallis and Chi-squared tests were used for data analysis. A 95% confidence level was adopted in all analyses. Results showed four distinct lifestyle groups. Group 1 presented a positive LS in the following dimensions: physical activity (p <0.001) and stress (p <0.001), while Group 2 had a positive LS in the following dimensions: family, stress, illicit drugs, behavior, insight, and work. In Group 3, students showed a negative LS behavior in the following dimensions: stress, insight, illicit drugs, behavior, and work, while students in Group 4 presented a negative LS behavior in the following dimensions: physical activity and stress. It is important to highlight that the age group had a significant association with student groups, since Groups 1 and 2 were comprised of senior university students. The different profiles of physical education students may be linked to the phenomenon reflected in most dimensions in the instrument assessment; in addition, age is a predominant factor to differentiate the groups that present positive and negative behaviors regarding LS.

Keywords : lifestyle; university student; socio-economic factors..

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