Physical Stress Symptoms and Health Risk Behaviors between Adolescent Athletes and High School Students.
- Author:
Sun Nam PARK
1
;
Young Im MOON
;
Ho Ran PARK
Author Information
1. Nursing College, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea. tig710915@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Physical stress symptom;
Health risk behavior;
Adolescent athlete
- MeSH:
Adolescent*;
Athletes*;
Gyeonggi-do;
Health Promotion;
Humans;
Male;
Physical Education and Training;
Risk-Taking*;
Seoul;
Smoke;
Smoking;
Child Health;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Korean Journal of Child Health Nursing
2002;8(3):251-259
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to investigate physical stress symptoms and health risk behaviors of adolescent athletes and high school students as a basis for providing a health promotion program of adolescent athletes. The subjects consisted of 160 male students of a physical education high school(athletes) in Kyonggi and 147 male high school students(non-athletes) in Seoul. Data was obtained from the physical stress symptoms and the health risk behaviors questionnaire. The result were as follows : 1.Physical stress symptoms didn't make significant difference between groups. GI symptom, as the subscale of physical stress symptoms of non-athletes were higher then those of athletes. The highest ranked physical stress symptoms in athletes was cardiopulmonary symptom ll(upper respiratory symptoms) and in non- athletes was central-neurological symptoms. 2.Health risk behaviors didn't make significant difference between groups. Weight control, as the subscale of health risk behaviors of athletes were higher then those of non-athletes. The highest ranked health risk behaviors in athletes was alcohol and in non-athletes was smoking. 3.There were the low positive correlation between physical stress symptoms and health risk behaviors.
