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DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-904-4-0009

ADOLESCENTS’ SMARTPHONE USAGE IN ACTIVE RECREATION AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

Stanislav Azor, Michal Marko, Štefan Adamčák

In today’s society, smartphone usage in active recreation (natural environment) is somewhat controversial because some believe that smartphones promote an access to resources; however, some believe that smartphones distract attention from environment; therefore, the present study aims at determining adolescents’ smartphone usage in active recreation and natural environment. An instrument of survey (non-standardized) was carried out six months (January – June, 2022) through an intentional sampling of survey group size of 2108 (100%) adolescent boys and girls: (i) Urban adolescent boys and girls (42.50%, n = 896); (ii) Rural adolescent boys and girls (57.50%, n = 1212), aged 18.50 ± .40 years. Statistics (e.g., descriptive, inferential) was used to analyze and compare the data. When considering the adolescents’ smartphone usage, on average, 45.00% (n = 949) of survey group spent 1 – 3 hours of using smartphones and about 38.32% (n = 808) of survey group spent time using smartphones in active recreation (natural environment). About 4.80% (n = 102) of survey group spent time using specific, recreation apps (e.g., Geocaching, GeoCaches). Increasing the physical activity is necessary; therefore, smartphone usage (recreation apps) may increase time spent in active recreation and influence physical activity levels of adolescents.

Keywords: Adolescence, Nature, Physical Activity, Recreation, Smartphones

pages: 9-13, Published: 2023, online: 2023



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