Year 2026 year XXI N1

Promoting Well-Being in Adolescence: The Effectiveness of a Self-Help Program

Abstract: The article presents the results of a study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of a self‑help intervention designed to promote adolescent well‑being. The sample consisted of 22 high‑school students, divided into an experimental group and a control group. The main objectives of the study were: (1) to assess the effectiveness of the manual In viaggio […]

Year 2025 year XX

SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE AND LIFESTYLES IN CHILDREN’S DEVELOPMENTAL AGE

During school age a balance is required in daily activities among duties, responsibilities, distractions, and pleasures. Preteens and teens face their daily commitments by trying to best adapt their study duties, family and social needs, entertainment, and hobbies, coordinating everything with their sleep and eating habits. Here is a brief overview of the main factors that influence young people’s lifestyles, focusing on the importance of regular exercise as a key element in combating a sedentary lifestyle. It is easier to change certain habits in youth. The effort to make the most appropriate decisions in everyday life characterizes success in various activities: from school performance to performance in physical education & sports. And, more importantly, it helps to achieve greater levels of serenity and satisfaction. Aside from the family environment, school is the place where young people spend most of their time. Physical education, the introduction to sports, and sports practice play a very important role in the healthy and complete growth of the individual. It is important to recommend a harmonious global vision of the dimensions that characterize lifestyles to young people in order to help them in their constant search for balance, a search that will influence each person’s life path and that must oppose to a sedentary lifestyle as much as possible.