Students’ Health Conditions and the Correlations of the Self-Assessment of Physical and Emotional Wellness
6th International Conference on Lifelong Education and Leadership for All: Conference Proceeding Book 2020
Helēna Vecenāne, Svetlana Ušča, Dina Berloviene

There are many different studies on healthy lifestyles and recommendations on how to make an individual responsible for their own health and how to reach their full potential in life, but data from health organizations still show that people do not care enough about their health. The aim of this study is to analyse the functional state of the student’s body, physical and emotional wellness self-assessment state and their interrelationships. The results of this study show the actual state of students' health together with the findings of surveys on physical and emotional wellness state. Research methods: 1) Dynamics Technologies "Omega Standard" used for heart rhythm diagnostics St. Petersburg (Russia). The method is based on in-depth analysis of heart rate variability, which was developed by Dinamika Technologies company; 2) Adapted survey (Robbins, G. et.al., 2011) on healthy lifestyle habits and wellness status, a total of 105 questions (Cronbach's Alpha 0.938), this study analyses the section on physical and emotional wellness, a total of twenty-three questions. The participants of this study are 122 full-time and part-time students of the programme “Teacher” of LiepU and the programme “Health Sports” of RSU Liepaja Branch. Results. 42 % of students are able to maintain their physical wellness at a sufficiently good level, 37.2 % of students at a satisfactory level and 23 % at an unsatisfactory level. 37.7 % of students are able to maintain their emotional wellness at a sufficiently good level, 53.2 % of students at a satisfactory level and 9.8 % at an unsatisfactory level. The functional state of the students corresponds to the norm 67.9%, condition below normal 26.9%, and pre-disease condition 5.1 %. Correlations were not found between students' health conditions and the self-assessment of physical and emotional wellness.


Keywords
Students, health conditions, physical and emotional wellness
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Vecenāne, H., Ušča, S., Berloviene, D. Students’ Health Conditions and the Correlations of the Self-Assessment of Physical and Emotional Wellness. In: 6th International Conference on Lifelong Education and Leadership for All: Conference Proceeding Book, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, 13-16 July, 2020. Serdivan: Sakarya University, 2020, pp.331-339. ISBN 978-605-66495-8-5.

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