Lifestyle Peculiarities of Riga Basic School and University Students

Abstract

Lifestyle is an important factor which influence student's health, way of life and study results. Students usually have many home works, high mental load and sometimes - emotional strain. These circumstances influence students' lifestyle. At the same time lifestyle should be healthy and active, enough physical activities are necessary in order to maintain good physical fitness and health level. The aim of the study was to compare lifestyle peculiarities of basic school students and higher educational institution students. The electronic survey of Riga 2nd Gymnasium 9th grade basic school students and University of Latvia 1st course pedagogical programmes students was carried out. Altogether 130 students were questioned. The results of the research showed that university students spend more time on a computer than basic school students. They spend more time on a computer on activities connected with studies, but the time which students spend on a computer with activities not connected with studies do not greatly differ between both group students. The time which students spend doing study home works in general does not significantly differ between student groups, but some basic school students spend much time more than 20 hours during week - by doing study home works. The physical activity level of basic school students is higher than the physical activity level of university students. For many university students' physical activity level is very low, it is recommended to improve it. The time which students spend watching TV, reading literature and dealing with music is not greatly different between basic school students and university students. The time, which students spend during sleep, is longer for university students in comparison with basic school students. For many basic school students, it is too short.