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CHARACTERISTICS OF ADOLESCENTS’ ACTIVE 
LIFESTYLE IN THE CITY OF LJUBLJANA

Marta BON1

1 University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Sports, Slovenia

Corresponding author:
Marta BON, Ph.D. 

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Sports, Gortanova 22, Ljubljana, Slovenia
phone: +386 51 670 581

E-mail: marta.bon@fsp.uni-lj.si

ABSTRACT

Purpose: The aim of our study was to analyse the characteristics of the adolescents’ 
active lifestyle and their relationship to some environmental correlates in the city of 
Ljubljana. 

Methods: The characteristics of active lifestyle on the sample of 269 students of 
Secondary School of Nursing Ljubljana (206 females, 63 males), aged 16−18 years) 
via an online questionnaire were evaluated. Descriptive statistics and Fisher’s exact 
test were used (at p < 0.05 - 5 %. level). In the second part, we used half-structured 
interviews with former students of the same school (no. 6); to evaluate their attitude 
to physical education lessons, their general active lifestyle and their evaluation of the 
environmental correlates: physical (facilities, equipment), social (social support and 
social norms) or institutional (policies). 

Results: Results show that the majority of students (44.96 %) was physically active 
at least two to three times per week. The students partly agree (3.7/5) that sports ac-
tivities play an essential role in their general lifestyle. Furthermore, they care about 
leading a healthy lifestyle (3.7/5) and eating healthy food (3.7/5). Students evaluated 
both physical factors (at the municipality level 76.15%, at the state level 71.49%), 
and social (parents) support as appropriate. The former students believe that physical 
environmental factors around their school (facilities, equipment) are optimal, but they 
regret that they did not use them enough; neither during PE lessons nor in their leisure 
time. 

Conclusion: Based on our results, we propose better cooperation between all the 
included factors, which can result in the improvement of adolescents’ active lifestyle.

Keywords: lifestyle, sport, adolescents, Ljubljana, environmental correlates. 

Original scientific article                                         doi: https://doi.org/10.35469/ak.2019.202
received: 2019-12-02                                             UDC: 796.01:316.728(497.4Ljubljana)



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ZNAČILNOSTI AKTIVNEGA ŽIVLJENJSKEGA SLOGA 
MLADOSTNIKOV V MESTNI OBČINI LJUBLJANA

IZVLEČEK

Namen: Namen naše raziskave je bil analizirati značilnosti aktivnega življenjskega 
sloga mladostnikov in odnos do nekaterih okolijskih dejavnikov v mestu Ljubljana. 

Metode: S pomočjo spletnega vprašalnika so bile ovrednotene značilnosti aktiv-
nega življenjskega sloga na vzorcu 269 dijakov Srednje zdravstvene šole Ljubljana 
(206 žensk, 63 moških, starih 16-18 let). Uporabljeni so bili opisni statistični podatki 
in Fisherjev natančni test (pri p <0,05 - 5% stopnja). V drugem delu so bili izvedeni 
polstrukturirani intervjuji z nekdanjimi dijaki te šole (6), s katerimi so bila opredeljena 
njihova stališča do aktivnega življenjskega sloga sploh ter posebej odnosa do športne 
vzgoje in je bil ovrednoten njihov odnos do okolijskih dejavnikov: fizičnih (objekti, 
pogoji, oprema), socialnih (socialna podpora in socialne norme) ali institucionalnih 
(predvsem lokalne politike). 

Rezultati: Rezultati kažejo, da je bila večina dijakov (44,96%) vsaj dva do trikrat 
na teden telesno dejavnih. Dijaki se delno strinjajo (3.7/5), da imajo športne aktivnosti 
bistveno vlogo v njihovem življenjskem slogu. Poleg tega dijaki navajajo, da skrbijo za 
zdrav življenjski slog (3,7/5), uživajo zdravo hrano (3,7/5). Dijaki so okolijske (fizične) 
dejavnike ocenili kot ustrezne (na ravni občine 76,15%, na državni ravni 71,49%) in 
socialno oporo (starši), kot primerno. Nekdanji dijaki tudi ocenjujejo fizične oz. pro-
storske možnosti v okolici šole kot optimalne, vendar obžalujejo, da jih niso uporabljali 
v večji meri tako med poukom, kot v prostem času. 

Zaključek: Na podlagi rezultatov predlagamo boljše sodelovanje med vsemi na-
vedenimi dejavniki, kar lahko pripomore k izboljšanju aktivnega življenjskega sloga 
mladostnikov. 

Ključne besede: življenjski slog, šport, mladostniki, Ljubljana, dejavniki okolja. 



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INTRODUCTION

Physical activity (PA) is one of the key health determinants in life (Fletcher et al., 
1996; Gunter, Almstedt, & Janz, 2012; Janssen & Leblanc, 2010). It is one of the sour-
ces of total energy expenditure, which incorporates active energy expenditure, metabo-
lism in resting state, the thermal effects of food digestion and body growth in children 
and adolescents (Armstrong & Welsman, 2006). The existing evidence shows that PA 
has positive effects on psychosocial health, and the functional capacity and wellbeing 
of people (Brettschneider & Roland, 2004; Lima et al., 2017; Powell & Pratt, 1996)Inc. 
Background: The current study evaluated the reciprocal longitudinal relationship bet-
ween physical activity (PA, whereas physical inactivity increases health risks (Hallal 
et al., 2012). Despite these established benefits, a substantial proportion of children are 
not meeting (Aubert et al., 2018) PA recommendations of 60 min moderate to vigorous 
PA (MVPA) daily (World Health Organization, 2010). Moreover, participation declines 
during the transition from childhood to adolescence (Dalene et al., 2018; Farooq et 
al., 2018; Kimm et al., 2002), with PA increasingly replaced with sedentary activities 
(Brodersen, Steptoe, Boniface, & Wardle, 2007; Volmut, Pišot, & Šimunič, 2013)eth-
nicity and socioeconomic status (SES. Given that young people spend approximately 
half of their waking day at school, schools represent an essential setting for promoting 
physical activity and reducing sedentary behaviours (Morton, Atkin, Corder, Suhrcke, 
& Van Sluijs, 2016).

PA interventions tend to focus on increasing knowledge through health education 
and implementing curriculum to increase the number of time students are engaged in 
PA (Morton et al., 2016) during the school day. Generally speaking, these interventions 
have not been successful for adolescent populations (Dobbins, Husson, DeCorby, & 
LaRocca, 2013). A general criticism directed at many school‐based interventions is the 
lack of attention paid to the role of the wider environment (Doak, Visscher, Renders, 
& Seidell, 2006). PA behaviour is not driven only by consideration of knowledge, at-
titudes and beliefs; but can also be automatically enriched by environmental stimuli 
(Dunton, Cousineau, & Reynolds, 2010; Marteau, Hollands, & Fletcher, 2012). These 
factors may be physical (facilities, equipment), social (social support and social norms) 
or institutional (policies) (Morton et al., 2016). 

Sport is an increasingly important human activity and part of the general culture, 
which considerably enriches the life of an individual and is a significant element in 
quality of life.

In the literature review of the correlates of sports activity, some differences emerge. 
First, the empirical analyses use different measures of sport participation. A large num-
ber of studies analyse whether or not individuals perform sports activities (e.g. Bauman 
et al., 2012). The second set of studies also analyses the frequency of participation or 
duration of the activity and expenditures (e.g., Farooq et al., 2018, Bon, Lavrič, Gradi-
šar-Saifet, & Kambic, 2019).

One of the environmental correlates are state and city policies. Sport in the Munici-
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Sports Policy in the City of Ljubljana is one of the health-enhancing acts of the City 
Council of Ljubljana (CCL), which is the supreme body that determines all matters wi-
thin the framework of the rights and obligations of the City of Ljubljana. The most im-
portant strategic goals in the document titled “Strategy for the Development of Sport in 
the City of Ljubljana 2008-2012” (Bon, Kolenc, Peršolja, & Tomc, 2008) were mostly 
connected with sport facilities: to improve and increase the number of outdoor facilities 
(outdoor fitness, recreational areas near the Sava river, skate parks, etc.) and to build 
new indoor facilities such as the Sports Centre Stožice, Gymnastic Centre Ljubljana, 
Kolezija Swimming Pool, etc. (Bon et al., 2008). 

Our study aimed to examine some characteristics of adolescents’ lifestyle and eva-
luate the perception of environmental correlates, especially all settings and conditions 
around the Secondary School of Nursing Ljubljana (r=2 km). 

METHODS 

Our study combined qualitative and quantitative methods. In the first part, we 
analysed the data about lifestyle and conditions (Bon et al., 2019) obtained via e-su-
rvey (no. 269). The second part included structured interviews (no. 6) to evaluate the 
characteristics of physical education (PE) in school and school surroundings in the City 
of Ljubljana. 

A total number of 269 adolescents (206 females), aged 16−18, students of the Se-
condary School of Nursing Ljubljana participated in the study. Each participant was 
informed about the purpose of the study and a written informed consent was obtained 
from all adolescents. The participation was anonymous, and participants were free to 
withdraw from the study at any time and for any reason.  

All respondents’ answers were rated on a 5-point Likert scale. Responses on the 
subscale ranged on a scale 1−5, where one represents not satisfied or very unimportant 
and five very satisfied or very important. The validity of the used questionnaire (alpha 
0.78) is sufficient. Apart from the descriptive statistics, Fisher’s exact test was used (at 
p < 0.05 - 5 %. level). 

Data were collected on the “1ka” platform (Faculty for Social Sciences, University 
of Ljubljana) and analysed in the program IBM SPSS 19 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, USA). 

Additionally, in the qualitative part six semi-structured interviews were conducted 
with an aim to shed further light on the results with three female and three male students 
all finishing school within three years (born 1998 or younger). At the end an overview 
of sports facilities around the school (2 km) was made by analysing available documen-
tation about sports facilities in the city of Ljubljana.

The transcription of the semi-structured interviews and data organization was fol-
lowed by the descriptive encoding and the data validation process. The first validation 
phase was about the accuracy of the design/methods, and the second about the relia-
bility of the procedures to produce consistent and dependable results. Finally, the data 
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were concluded. Our goal was to find a valid link between the analysed data and the 
research questions. 

In the first part of the study, the invitation for voluntary participation was sent to 
all students of the Secondary School of Nursing Ljubljana of the year 2018/19, fol-
lowed by life face-to-face or phone conversation to explain the purpose of the study. 
After a positive response from the students, participants completed an online survey on 
the “1ka” platform. After a descriptive analysis of the answers from all students, the 
interview process was organized. It included six students of the Secondary School of 
Nursing (3 females, 3 males), aged 16−18, who have already finished the first two years 
of school. The individuals who agreed to participate in interviews, signed an informed 
consent after a detailed description of the purpose of the study and their participant’s 
rights. The interviews lasted 30 to 40 minutes and were conducted by one person (first 
author). 

All steps in the testing procedure were conducted in accordance with the ethical 
standards of a responsible local human experimentation committee and with the Hel-
sinki Declaration as revised in 2013.

RESULTS

Results of the Questionnaire

The results of the questionnaire are presented in Table 1. The students partly agree 
(3.7/5) that sports activities play an important role in their lifestyle. Furthermore, they 
care about leading a healthy lifestyle (3.7/5) and eating healthy food (3.7/5). 

More than half of adolescents occasionally (69. 42%) consume alcohol, and some 
of them even take drugs. Only 44.9 % of the included students reaches the recommen-
dations for PA of 150 min PA/week. 31 students (12.0%) are physically active only 
once per week and 21 (8.14%) even less than once per month. Results show that there 
is no significant difference between gender (p=0,159) and age (p=0.753) regarding PA. 
The majority of respondents (84.40%) see the social and emotional support of their 
parents as appropriate, and the results are similar for those within the school (69.26 %). 
Most of them also perceive the environmental correlates − physical (conditions, faci-
lities) and social support (parents, teachers) as appropriate (in municipality 76.15%, at 
the state level 71.49%). On average, they spend 123.6 EUR (from 6 to 1000 EUR) per 
month for sports activities. According to official data, students have many possibilities 
for indoor sports (in Ljubljana around 130,000m2) and outdoor sports (outdoor fitness, 
trim trails, and especially Golovec hill and Kodeljevo sports park), which create a near-
-optimal environment for an active lifestyle. 

We asked them about social support (family, school). Out of all, 86.4% announced 
that they have appropriate social support from parents, and 73.6 % are happy with the 
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Qualitative Results 

An evaluation of the survey results clearly shows that there were different opinions 
about the degree to which (living/physical) environment affected PA level of adole-
scents of Ljubljana. Students are of the opinion that PE teachers could ask more from 
them during physical education lessons. 

 – Student W 1: “We never go to Golovec, a hill near the school, or to any facility 
around the school. We once used Kodeljevo sports park, only for a 2400m run 
test.“

Students also agree that they were not motivated enough for sports activities, they 
tended to avoid sports activities and rest during PE lessons;

 – Student W 2: “We were happy when our PE teacher allowed us to sit and talk…
and we were gossiping …. I must admit that it was only in the first class when 
we had one old teacher.”

It was also pointed out that especially the participation of female students in PE 
classes was additionally limited due to personal and hygiene reasons. 

 – Student W3: “I like sport, but I did not participate much in PE classes, because 
I really hated to sweat, I hate to be wet and to stink after a PE class… For all of 
us, the “sweating situation” was the biggest problem.” 

It is difficult to determine if these are excuses, or these hygiene reasons are a legiti-
mate influencing factor, and it is necessary to find an organisational solution (bathrooms, 
showers, time-space for showering…). Student W3 also admitted: “From today’s per-
spective, I am sorry that I wasn’t more active during PE classes: But we really did not 
have time to take a shower afterwards.”

Students also honestly admitted that they were trying to avoid PE classes to study 
for other tests and exams.

 – Student W1: “Many of us were studying for a test (in one of the next periods) 
during our PE classes. “ 

 – Student W2: “I‘m really not quite sure what the main reason that girls didn‘t 
do much sport in PE classes was. It was a sort of combination of girls‘ laziness, 
conditions (only half of the sports hall) and teachers’ insufficient motivation, 
which all resulted in sport not having any real value in our school. “

It is evident that male students have an entirely different perception. They did not 
mention hygiene reasons (sweating) and showed ambition to be even more active (M1, 
M2, M3) 

 – Student M1: “I liked that we could suggest to our PE teacher what we wanted 
to do - mostly it was football “.

 – Student M2: “Mostly we were in the school sports hall. Only once we were on 
Golovec Hill and once at the Kodeljevo stadium. I liked it very much, and I’m 
still sorry that we didn’t use these possibilities more.”

 – Student M 3: “I would have liked our lessons to be more intensive and that we 
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From these results, we can conclude that for female students the hygiene concern 
is a significant barrier to participating more in PE and leading a more active lifestyle, 
while male students would like to participate in more activities and dedicate more time 
to PE. Male students are aware of the wide range of possibilities in the school surro-
undings, and they would have liked to use those facilities around school more. Female 
students, on the other hand, are not so aware of these facilities and possibilities, their 
answers were mainly “I’m not quite sure”, “I didn’t care”. It seems that during PA, their 
focus was more on body aesthetics and ‘good looks’.

Sports Facilities around the School in Connection with City Sports Policies

Sports policy in the city is of vital importance, as the majority of sports facilities are 
in the domain of the City of Ljubljana. The basic goals in the field of sports in the City 
of Ljubljana are sustainability, accessibility, the competence of professional staff and 
fairness. More than 11% of the city budget is intended for sport, for the implementation 
of the sports strategy – to manage sports facilities, in one of the first priority. 

Sports facilities and natural environment correlates, within 2 km radius around the 
school: 

 – Golovec Hill (250m–2,5km), 
 – Kodeljevo Park (football, tennis, swimming pool) – (200m), 
 – outdoor fitness (in front of the school) (10m) and 
 – Ljubljana Caste hill (300m).

Those are physical factors which are of free of charge, available for all people. In 
this circle of 2 km there are, besides the sports hall at the Secondary School of Nursing 
Ljubljana, also: Sports Hall Kodeljevo, Sports Hall Poljane, facilities at the Faculty of 
Sport and some with private owners. 

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION 

Regular PA during adolescence provides numerous benefits; that why it is important 
to organize and implement the environmental correlates in the supportive way − to 
improve the level of adolescents’ active lifestyle. In general, our results show insu-
fficient level of sports activity, according to the recommendation of the World Health 
Organization (WHO), which states that youngsters, from 5 to 17 years of age, should 
engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) daily for at least 60 min, and 
in vigorous physical activity (VPA) at least three times a week. 

As in many countries all over the world, where there is an increasing academic and 
policy interest (e.g. Van Hecke et al., 2016; Farooq et al., 2018) in interventions aiming 
to promote young people’s health by ensuring that the school environment supports 
healthy and active (sports) behaviours, we can see similar strategies also in Slovenia, 
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outdoor facilities, which can all be used to promote active lifestyle for adolescents. Re-
garding environmental correlates, the majority of our respondents perceive conditions 
in Ljubljana as appropriate. Our adolescents are aware that sport and physical educa-
tion are an important part of their lifestyle, but it is evident that adolescents, as well as 
teachers of PE, are not motivated enough to make full use of the facilities available to 
them. Many factors influence the complex behaviour of adolescents PA (Bauman et al., 
2012; Gustafson & Rhodes 2006; Telama, Nupponen, & Laakso, 2007). Support from 
peers, socio-economic status, parental education, school policies and environmental 
correlates emerged  as potential determinants of PA (Ferreira et al., 2007). The results 
show that students, as well as teachers, lack a higher level of motivation for more dedi-
cated work in active sports life. It seems that adolescents are not aware that being acti-
ve is first and foremost their responsibility. The institutional environmental correlates 
(teachers, officials, sports policies) have to find a suitable model to makes adolescents 
more motivated and committed to leading an active lifestyle. 

In general, sport communication strategies might play a prominent role in persu-
ading potential participants of the benefits of sports activity and frequency for adole-
scents. 

Identifying and understanding factors that can improve childhood and adolescent 
physical activity is necessary to design and implement effective interventions. Recent 
years have witnessed a growing interest in environmental factors that influence physi-
cal activity: physical (e.g. physical structures and facilities), social (e.g. support and 
norms) and institutional (e.g. school rules and policies). In addition to sports activities, 
one major contribution to childhood physical activity lies in free active play and un-
structured physical activities taking place outdoors during their free time. This type of 
play provides numerous benefits in terms of cognitive, social and physical development 
(Van Hecke et al., 2016; Farooq et al., 2018; Dobbins et al., 2013; Bauman et al., 2012). 

The adolescents in our study are of the opinion that physical environmental factors 
(facilities, equipment) are not used enough, but they are happy with social support and 
institutional (city, state) factors. Based on our results, we propose better cooperation 
between all the factors involved, which can improve the active lifestyle of adolescents.

The specifics of active lifestyle on one hand and connection with structured (school, 
sport clubs, etc.) and unstructured (outdoor) correlates on other, could be an interesting 
research topic for the future. 

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