Motivos de abandono de la práctica de actividad físico-deportiva en los estudiantes de Bachillerato de la provincia de Granada

Authors

José Macarro MorenoSalto de línea Grupo de Investigación de la Consejería de Educación de la Junta de Andalucía. España.Salto de línea Salto de línea Cipriano Romero CerezoSalto de línea Juan Torres GuerreroSalto de línea Universidad de Granada. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación. Departamento de Didáctica de la Expresión Musical, Plástica y Corporal. Granada, España.

Abstract

Reasons why Higher Secondary School students in the province of Granada drop out of sports and organized physical activitiesSalto de línea Salto de línea Engaging in appropriate, planned, controlled physical activity and sports results in a wide range of health benefits, and yet there is a great deal of research demonstrating that there is a high sport drop-out level amongst teenagers. The purpose of this research was to analyse the reasons why higher secondary school students give up organized athletics and to quantify the drop-out level. The participants were 857 teenagers in the penultimate year of secondary education at private and public schools in the province and city of Granada. The methodology was a combination of qualitative and quantitative research employing a survey-type descriptive, interpretative design. Two different techniques were used to gather information, a fixed questionnaire and discussion groups. Methods could therefore be triangulated in order to contrast the data and so approach the problem from two different perspectives that were complementary and thus afforded a more realistic view of the situation. The basic descriptive analysis and the check for differences (chi-square) made it possible to determine what the main reasons for dropping out of sports and physical activity were and whether there were differences between boys and girls. The factorial study established certain components of a number of common ideas on the matter. Data analysis showed that a high percentage of those polled said they had quit some sort of organized physical activity and that the drop-out percentage was much higher amongst girls than amongst boys. The reason most often given for dropping out of organized physical activity or sports was lack of time, followed by a preference for other spare-time activities, laziness and indifference. Factorial analysis showed that personal reasons were the most important. Some discussion is offered, leading to conclusions that reveal the implications of the study.

Keywords

Reason, motivation, dropping out of sports and organized physical activities, physical activity, sport.