ULOGA I ZNAČAJ SLOBODNOG VREMENA KOD DJECE I MLADIH
ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF FREE TIME OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH

Summary/Abstract: Free time has great importance in the life of every individual and of the society as a whole, and free time of youth is a significant factor of contemporary education of children and youth. The responsibility for the choice of activities carried out by young people in their free time can in no way be left up to uncontrolled search, or, as it often happens nowadays, to inclusion in activities carried out on a large scale. Young people can often form groups with deviant behavior. For that reason, the leisure activity of children and youth and pedagogical action constitute a multidisciplinary coordinated activity. With their action and programs, family, school, associations and clubs have responsibility for helping, referring, counselling and providing meaningful use of free time in various ways. After all, the use of free time in a socially acceptable manner is a powerful tool against various types of adverse behavior among young people, on the one hand, but it is also a personality development factor on the other hand. The local environment needs to provide as favorable conditions as possible to enable young people to choose their free time activities. The objective of the study is to examine the manner in which young people spend their free time and the degree to which their parents influence the choice of free activities. The study is conducted in the territory of the municipality of Laktaši and it includes a survey carried out among young people from four primary schools aged 11 to 15, as well as their parents. Using a factor analysis of relationships in the answers to the questions on leisure activities within this study, we will classify different types of leisure activities, after which we will determine the correlation between the type of leisure activity and the factor of parental influence on the basis of association with the variable of parental influence on the organization of leisure activities. The leisure behavior patterns are divided into activities describing socially or culturally interested youth engaged in music, dancing, sports, and informal activities, i.e. are laxed type of youth who like to socialize, read, listen to music, spend time watching TV shows or using the Internet.

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