SOCIJALNOPEDAGOŠKE VRIJEDNOSTI REKREATIVNOG SPORTA U SLOBODNOM VREMENU MLADIH
SOCIAL PEDAGOGICAL VALUES OF RECREATIONAL SPORT IN THE FREE TIME OF YOUNG PEOPLE

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this research was to explore the social and pedagogical values of recreational sport through the analysis of personal and collective self-esteem, prosocial tendencies, life sense and lifestyles of young people who are professionally engaged in sports and those who are engaged recreationally in it. Research results were obtained through the examination of the attitudes of young people engaged in sports professionally and recreationally with the help of standardized research instruments: Scales of personal and collective self-esteem, Self-assessment of prosocial behavior questionnaire and Scale of life sense. The results of the research showed that young people who are engaged in recreational sports have statistically significantly higher personal self-esteem than young people who play sport professionally, the difference in the collective self-esteem of young people who are engaged in sports recreationally and those who are professionally engaged in sports is not statistically significant, the difference of the level of development of prosocial behavior among young people who are engaged in recreational sports and those who are engaged in sports professionally is not statistically significant, so young people who are engaged in sports recreationally feel a statistically significantly higher sense of life than young people who are engaged in sports professionally.

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