e-Pedagogium 2015, 15(4):94-109 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2015.049

The Role of Physical Activity and Performance Orientation on the Scale of Subjective Preferences to Personal Values of Romany Pupils

Ondřej Ješina, Tomáš Vyhlídal
Mgr. Ondřej Ješina, Ph.D., Mgr. Tomáš Vyhlídal, Department of Adapted Physical Activity, Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacký University in Olomouc, tř. Míru 111, 771 11 Olomouc

The article focuses on subjective preferences in Romany pupils with an emphasis on physical activity and performance orientation. One of the most important determinants of physical activity in children and youth is their social environment and ethnical background including persons with social disadvantages. However, we find a lack of research on this topic.

OBJECTIVES: The aim of the research is to analyze the structure of the scale of subjective preferences to personal values in Romany pupils and their relationship to physical activity and performance orientation.

METHODS: To determine social skills indicators, we used the technique of incomplete sentences and three wishes. We created the scale of subjective preferences to personal values. In total 70 respondents of Romany ethnicity participated in the research. They were attending elementary school, and there were 38 boys and 32 girls among them. The sampling was non-random. They were 11.9 years old (11.6 in boys, 12.2 in girls) on average.

RESULTS: The respondents in the age group between 9 and 13 years regard the following categories as most important: performance orientation (17.98 %); common activities are on the second position (15.71 %); material focus at things is also noticeable (13.69 %); ideals (11.79 %); however, physical activity also plays an important role in their lives (10.83 %). The subjects put almost no emphasis on categories related to dislike for school (0.36 %), weather (0.48 %), hurting of themselves or another person (0.71 %) and animals (0.83 %).

CONCLUSION: Physical activity has a relatively significant role in the value orientation of Romany pupils (5th position). Focusing on performance is even the most significant preference in both the genders. Moreover, interesting, although not surprising is the finding related to the Romany girls who do not emphasize physical activities (including dancing) as much as it might be expected. Unlike the girls, however, the boys evaluate sport activities as the fourth most important value, right after the common activities.

Keywords: adapted physical activity; quality of life; multiculture education; inner motivation

Published: August 1, 2015  Show citation

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Ješina, O., & Vyhlídal, T. (2015). The Role of Physical Activity and Performance Orientation on the Scale of Subjective Preferences to Personal Values of Romany Pupils. e-Pedagogium, 15(4), 94-109. doi: 10.5507/epd.2015.049
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