Author(s)

Kaili Zhang ¹, Kang Liu ¹, Cheng Ji ²

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Sports Science, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
² School of Sports Science, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, Shandong, China

Corresponding Author

Kaili Zhang

ABSTRACT

Social adaptability is a kind of executive adaptability to achieve a harmonious state with the society. The adolescent stage is a key period for the individual physiological and psychological development, and its good social adaptation state is of great significance to the individual social development. In order to explore the mechanism of improving adolescent social adaptability, 220 teenagers in the seventh to ninth grade were investigated based on the diagnostic scale of social adaptability, and preliminarily explored the influence of extracurricular sports on their social adaptability. The results show that different frequencies, different forms, different intensity of extracurricular sports has a significant effect on adolescent social adaptability, while different items and different length are not significant. It is concluded that in order to better improve the social adaptability of teenagers, it is suggested that they should pay attention to the frequency, form and intensity of participating in extracurricular sports, especially to actively participate in collective extracurricular sports with moderate frequency and intensity.

KEYWORDS

Extracurricular sports, youth, social adaptability, exercise, mental health, influence

CITE THIS PAPER

Kaili Zhang, Kang Liu, Cheng Ji, Study on the Influence of Extracurricular Sports on Adolescent Social Adaptability. Curriculum and Teaching Methodology (2023) Vol. 6: 35-41. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/curtm.2023.060408.

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