Students’ Physical Activeness under the Influence of Family and Friends

The object of research – students‘ physical activeness and the influence of parents and friends on it The aim of researh - to identify students 'physical activities and the influence that family and friends can do Objectives: 1. Identify the aspects of age, gender and different schools with students' physical activeness 2. Set of the influence of the family on students' physical activeness considering students‘ age, gender and the group of physical activeness 3. Identify the influence of friends on students' physical activities considering students‘ age, gender and the group of physical activeness Conclusion: 1. The research reported that 11.6% of students belong to the group with a low physical activeness, 50% of students belong to the group with a medium physical activeness , and just 38.3% belong to the group with the high physical activeness. It was found that the students at the age of fourteen are more physically active than those who are at the age of thirteen. Statistically significant differences do not exist. It was found that boys are physically more active than girls and they spend more time while doing different physical activities. They spend more days per week on taking active sports comparing the girls (p<0.05). While comparing and contrasting the responses of the servey it was found that the students from Kaišiadorys distict are more physically active than the students in Mažeikiai (p<0,05). 2. It was found that the students at the age of 13-14 year old rarely do physical activities together with their family members. Students which belong to the group with low physical activeness state that their family members have never offered to take sports together. The students from the other groups state that it happens hardly ever. On the other hand, students from the groups with medium and high physical activeness say that their parents always remind them about the necessity to stay active (p<0,05). Both, the boys (29.1 %) and the girls (32.6 %) are regularly encouraged by their parents to stay physically active. Unfortunately, all the respondents mentioned that families rarely plan physical activities and recreational trips (p<0,05). 3. It was found that the students 13-14 with friends engaged in physical activities often that the boys encourage each other to take sports more often then the girls do. However, there are statistically differences under the influence of friends (p<0,05). What is more, the respondents from the groups with low physical activeness state that their friend never remind about the necessity to be physically active, while the students with a medium physical activeness say that their friends sometimes talk about that. Fortunately, there are students which belong to the group of high physical activeness and their talk about the use of keeping fit and take active sports together (p