1Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Mayo Institute of Medical Sciences, Gadia, Barabanki, U.P.
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Mallicka, Assistant Professor, Mayo Institute of Medical Science, Gadia. Barabanki. U.P. Email: drmallicka09@gmail.com
Online published on 11 July, 2019.
In the last few decades, the Indian society has been witnessing rapid transformation in the environmental, social, and economic arenas of life under the impact of globalization.. A major consequence of this has been the emergence of newer leisure opportunities for the younger people. Leisure activities should be novel and should provide arousing experience. A suitable balance among individuals’ daily activities, self-maintenance, work, leisure time activities, rest and sleep is important for remaining in good mental health. Adolescence is an important milestone in terms of personal development. It is during this critical period that later attitude towards life are formed. Leisure pursuits have an important role in adolescent's personal development
This was a cross sectional study conducted in one school of urban and one school of rural Lucknow. A pre-defined semi-structured mixed questionnaire was used as a study tool to collect data. Teachers were requested to help students who could not understand a particular question. A total of 200 students from 2 schools participated and responded to the questionnaire. The data was entered in Excel spreadsheet and results were evaluated using SPSS 19.0 version.
The present study provides a picture of emerging scenario of leisure time activities in different segments of adolescents. In view of relevance of leisure time use to health, we need to acknowledge that leisure time is developmentally a valuable activity, and therefore it should be utilized to acquire and enhance competencies and wellness and not for burdening with health problems.
Leisure time activity, Adolescents, Physical activity, Urban-Rural
