THE ANALYSIS OF MALE TEENAGERS- PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Adityo Nugroho1, Djoko Pekik Irianto2
Sport Science Department, Graduate School Program, Yogyakarta State University
Abstract
Background: As the rapid development of technology, teenagers are directly affected in the influence of online game which can be found easily by them. So that, it causes the changing of healthy lifestyle through the not optimal physical activities in their daily life. Aim: This research aims to discover physical activity done by teenagers after the school hour at Central Java according to Sex type and living place. Method: The method used in this research was qualitative-descriptive and quantitative. The subjects involved in this research were 57 teenagers at Central Java. The data collection was conducted by using questionnaires. The analysis of descriptive data was percentage in Likert scale. Result: The results of the research show: (1) Physical activity of teenagers at Magelang Regency, district of Mertoyudan, Kalinegoro Village was 40% of students who did the activity, and the rest (60%) did not. Meanwhile, the data at district of Mungkid, Mungkid Village show that 30 % of students did the activity, and 70% did not (2). The teenagers who did the physical activity at Purworejo Regency, District of Grabag, Grabag Village were 88,8 %, and 11,11 % did not. Whereas, at District of Ngombol, Kesidan Village was found that 96,30 % of teenagers did the activity and 3,7 % did not. Conclusion: Teenagers in the area which is hard to access game do more physical activities than teenagers in the area which is easy to access game.
Keywords: Physical Activity, Teenager Period
Topic: Environmental and Occupational Health