Author:

• Tiago Paupério Ferreira Vieira - Pauperio, T. - Porto, Outro País/Another Country - Faculdade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto - <tiago.pauperio@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Cláudia S. Dias - Dias, C. - Faculdade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto - <cdias@fade.up.pt>
• António M. Fonseca - Fonseca, A. - Faculdade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto - <afonseca@fade.up.pt>
• Nuno J. Corte-Real - Corte-Real, N. - Faculdade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto - <ncortereal@fade.up.pt>

Thematic Area:

Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente

Abstract:

Based on the importance of behavior and life satisfaction for the health of young people and considerable regional differences that exist in mainland Portugal, we aimed for this investigation: to check for differences in levels of sport, tobacco consumption and alcohol and life satisfaction in students of the 3rd cycle of basic education living in different areas, including inland/coastal and rural/urban.
The sample consisted of 5624 adolescents (53% ♀ and 47% ♂), aged between 12 and 17 years ( = 14,33; = 1,359).
The instrument used for data collection was the "Inventory of Health Related Behaviors of Adolescents"1 and a translated version of "Satisfaction With Life Scale" (SWLS)2.
We could conclude there are higher levels of smoking in young people living in urban and inland areas, higher levels of alcohol consumption among young people living in rural and inland areas and higher levels of life satisfaction in adolescents living in urban and coastal areas. Levels of sport were similar in all geographical areas.
We noted, too, that there are significant differences in all variables in the analysis, according to sex and age, independent of the different places of residence analyzed.

Keywords:

Adolescents Sport Practice Tobacco Use Alcohol Use Satisfaction with Life Place of residence

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