The prevalence of leisure activities – What is the significance of gender and faculty? / Prevalencija aktivnosti slobodnoga vremena – ima li veze spol i fakultet?

JasnaIrena KudekKlasnić, MiroševićMarina Đuranović, Siniša Opić¹, Mirjana Radetić-Paić²

1 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Teacher Education, 

²Faculty of Educational Sciences, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula 

jasna.kudek@ufzg.irena.klasnic@ufzg.hr, mirjana.radetic-paic@unipu.marina.duranovic@ufzg.hr, sinisa.opic@ufzg.hr

Education for personal and professional development

Abstract

InThe today's rhythmaim of lifethe andresearch was to examine the prevalence of mentalleisure health problems among young people, there is a growing need at faculties for strategies that promoteactivities and maintainthe aways highin levelwhich ofstudents students’ mental health andspend their well-being.leisure Studentstime, facein different challenges that can significantly affect their academic success, personal development and overall quality of life, and this requires the involvementterms of their teachersgender in creating a stimulating environment that would nurtureand the mentalfaculty well-beingattended. The research included 670 students (461 female students), from the first to fifth year of students. The aim of this research was to investigate whether there were differences in the self-assessments of positive mental health by students who did and who did not have their teachers' support during studies and determine what specific features of positive mental health were involved.study. The sample of participants consisted of 359comprised students from six faculties of the University of Zagreb – The Academy of Music (16.4%), The Faculty of Kinesiology (17.3%), The Faculty of Science (17%), The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (16.3%), The Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences (16.1%) and The Faculty of Teacher Education of(16.9%).

The obtained results have shown that students tend to spend their leisure time socializing with friends, listening to music and relaxing, and surfing the UniversityInternet. The least frequently mentioned leisure activities were involvement in student associations, doing yoga and dancing. Out of Zagreb,42 Croatiavariables of leisure activities, six composite variables were created: Cultural activities, Relaxation activities, Electronic media and the FacultyInternet, Useful activities, Sport, and Socializing and going out. A statistically significant difference was determined in the prevalence of Educationalleisure Sciencestime in most of the Jurjaactivities, Dobrilaboth Universityin terms of Pula,students' Croatia.gender Forand the purposesfaculty they attend. In comparison with their male colleagues, female students tend to spend more of thetheir research,leisure thetime Mentalengaging healthin continuum-shortCultural formactivities, -MHC-SF(Mf questionnaire= was1.96; usedMm = 1.79), Relaxation activities (Mf = 3.26; Mm = 2.90), Useful activities (Mf = 2.24; Mm = 2.12) and anSocializing independentand scalegoing relatedout (Mf = 3.05; Mm = 2.78). However, male students tend to individualspend featuresmore ofleisure thetime environment support was added. Differencesengaging in theSport self-assessments(Mf of= individual1.98; characteristicsMm of= students’2.13) positivethan mentaltheir healthfemale were examined based on discriminant analysis in order to gain insight into the latent dimensions of these differences.colleagues. The results confirmed the existence of statisticallyindicate significant differences in the self-assessmentprevalence of individualleisure characteristicsactivities ofin students’ positive mental health considering the support or lack of support given by their university teachers. Regardlessterms of the characteristicsfaculty attended, in all composite variables, except Electronic media and the Internet. Research results contribute to a better understanding of teacher support, the resultsway alsoin showed that a certain number ofwhich students feltspend thattheir teachersleisure didtime. not

 support when it comes to positive mental health characteristics.

Key words

environment;faculty; personalgender development;difference; psychoemotionalleisure gain;time; quality of life; support strategiesstudents

JasnaIrena KudekKlasnić, MiroševićMarina Đuranović, Siniša Opić¹, Mirjana Radetić-Paić²

1 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Teacher Education, 

²Faculty of Educational Sciences, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula 

jasna.kudek@ufzg.irena.klasnic@ufzg.hr, mirjana.radetic-paic@unipu.marina.duranovic@ufzg.hr, sinisa.opic@ufzg.hr

Odgoj i obrazovanje za osobni i profesionalni razvoj

Sažetak 

UCilj današnjemistraživanja brzombio ritmuje životaispitati prevalenciju aktivnosti slobodnoga vremena i prevalencijinačine problemaprovođenja mentalnogaslobodnoga zdravljavremena međustudenata mladima,ovisno sveo spolu i fakultetu. U istraživanju je većasudjelovalo potreba na fakultetima za strategijama koje promiču i održavaju visoku razinu mentalnoga zdravlja670 studenata i(461 njihovestudentica), dobrobiti.od Studentiprve sedo suočavajupete sgodine različitimstudija. izazovimaUzorkom kojisu mogubili značajnoobuhvaćeni utjecatistudenti na njihov akademski uspjeh, osobni razvoj i ukupnu kvalitetu života,sa štoest ima za potrebu uključivanje njihovih nastavnika u stvaranju poticajnoga okružja koje njeguje mentalnu dobrobit studenata. Cilj je ovoga rada istražiti postoje li razlike u samoprocjenama pozitivnoga mentalnoga zdravlja studenata koji imaju i koji nemaju podršku nastavnika tijekom studiranja i, ako postoje, o kojim se specifičnim obilježjima pozitivnoga mentalnoga zdravlja radi. Uzorak sudionika čini 359 studenata Učiteljskog fakultetasastavnica Sveučilišta u ZagrebuZagrebu: Muzička akademija (16,4 %), Kineziološki fakultet (17,3 %), Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet (17,0 %), Filozofski fakultet (16,3 %), Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet (16,1 %) i FakultetaUčiteljski zafakultet odgojne(16,9 %).

Dobiveni rezultati pokazali su da se studenti u slobodno vrijeme najčešće druže s prijateljima, opuštaju uz glazbu i obrazovnesurfaju znanostiinternetom, Sveučilištaa Jurjanajrjeđe Dobrilerade u Puli.udruzi Zastudenata, potrebebave istraživanjase korištenjogom te idu na ples. Od 42 varijable provođenja slobodnoga vremena kreirano je upitnikšest Mentalkompozitnih healthvarijabli: continuum-shortKulturne formaktivnosti, -MHC-SFOpuštajuće aktivnosti, Elektronički medij i internet, Korisne aktivnosti, Sport te je dodanaDruženje i neovisnaizlasci. skalaUtvrđena vezana za pojedina obilježja podrške okružja. Razlike u samoprocjeni pojedinih obilježja pozitivnoga mentalnoga zdravlja studenata ispitane su temeljem diskriminacijske analize kako bi se stekao uvid u latentne dimenzije tih razlika. Rezultati potvrđuju postojanjeje statistički značajnihajna razlika u samoprocjeniprevalenciji pojedinihaktivnosti obilježjaslobodnoga pozitivnogavremena mentalnogana zdravljavećini aktivnosti i po spolu i po fakultetu na kojem studenti studiraju. Tako studentice više od svojih kolega studenata kojislobodno imajuvrijeme provode u Kulturnim aktivnostima (Mž = 1,96; Mm = 1,79), Opuštajućim aktivnostima (Mž = 3,26; Mm =2,90), Korisnim aktivnostima (Mž = 2,24; Mm = 2,12) te za Druženje i kojiizlaske nemaju(Mž podršku= sveučilišnih3,05; nastavnika.Mm Neovisno= o2,78), podršcidok nastavnika,studenti rezultativiše takođerslobodnoga vremena koriste za Sport (Mž  = 1,98; Mm  = 2,13). Rezultati pokazuju daznačajne određeni broj studenata smatra da im nastavnici ne pružaju podršku kada surazlike u pitanjuprevalenciji pozitivnaaktivnosti obilježjaslobodnoga mentalnogavremena zdravlja.s obzirom na fakultet na svim kompozitnim varijablama osim na varijabli Elektronički mediji i internet. Nalazi istraživanja doprinose boljem razumijevanju provođenju slobodnoga vremena studenata.    

Ključne riječi

kvalitetafakultet; života;slobodno okružje;vrijeme; osobnispolne razvoj;razlike; psihoemocionalna dobit; strategije podrškestudenti