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Individual secondary education students profile: Characteristics, factors influencing it and their statistical correlations.

Nikiforaki Vasiliki

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The purpose of this study was to collect information on the lifestyle, habits and behaviors related to the health - physical and psychosocial - of adolescents in Chania and to investigate which socio-demographic factors, gender, age, nationality, level of education of parents, the marital status of the parents, etc.) influence the formation of these behaviors.The sample consisted of 120 adolescents from Chania, Crete, of whom 54.2% were boys and 45.8% were girls, aged 12-20 years, with 62.4% of adolescents belonging to the solar group 18 -20 years and 91.2% of Greek origin. The survey was conducted in September 2019.The results of the survey showed that: Regarding studies and education, adolescents responded GEL (65%) and EPAL (35%). In terms of GEL studies it was found that boys were more likely to choose Technology (professions technocratic, economical, army-police-navy, computer science, engineering, electronics) than girls to choose more. Theoretical direction (teaching professions: teachers, teachers, kindergartens) than boys . Concerning the EPAL field of study, it was found that girls were more likely to go to careers and health services (i.e. nurses) or administration and finance (office workers, secretaries, etc.) and boys to choose more Electricity, Nautical Professions, Computer Science, and Applied. It was found that the high educational level of the father influences the type of adolescent study. The adolescents were happy with the school (85%), however they consider the educational system moderate (27.5%) and good (25.8%) and believe that the tutorial is a necessary complement to the school (78.3%)and that's why they go tutoring (83.3%). They believe that their teachers are not under pressure and that teachers with limited training contribute significantly to poor quality of education (48.3%). Regarding health, adolescents do not have health problems (95%), believe that they are well fed (75%), do not smoke (78.3%) engage in sports too much (31.7%) and quite a lot (26, 7%) go to school by bus (30.8%) and on foot (30%). It was found that older adolescents 18-20 are more likely to be involved in sports than other age groups and that high father level of education influences adolescent nutrition. Concerning the hours of school and extracurricular activities, adolescents devoted one hour to two hours (64.1%) per day for reading school lessons, two to three hours (55%) per day for extracurricular activities, three hours (32.5%) or two hours (27.5%) per day on the Internet and social media and over three hours per day to listen to music (50.8%). In terms of social relationships, adolescents have 5-10 friends (44.2%) and spend one hour with their friends outside school (57.5%). They have not been bullied (65%) while all children of Albanian origin were found to be victims of some form of bullying . Adolescents believe that others do not see them as derogatory (38%) or infrequent (38%) Regarding family relationships, adolescents have a good relationship with their parents (89.2%) and believe that their family environment does not put pressure on them (80%).

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