4.Conclusions
Almost all adults surveyed (97.5%) said they have free time. Percentage who declare an average free time of 3-4
hours per day is mostly (50.8%), but a very close percentage (40.0%) declared an average of only 1-2 hours and
another 2.5% said they have no free time.
Between leisure preferences, physical activity and sport ranks second, after "TV / Internet", and is cited before
the options' shows / movies / concerts and recreation in nature.
More than half (57.5%) of respondents said they practice sports activities during their free time.
From the foregoing it can be concluded that although time off budget of adults is quite limited, their concerns
largely include physical activities and sports. This confirms our first assumption.
Almost all adults, even those "sedentary" recognize the positive influence of exercise on "well-being" of the
body. Only 2.5% believe that it has no influence.
Most of the surveyed subjects considered that Leisure Sport activities can be an opportunity to improve Self
Image and Self Esteem.
The vast majority of subjects (87.5%) admit the valences of Sports towards Socialization, and Group Integration.
All subjects declared that after practicing Leisure Sports saw an improvement of physical and aesthetic
parameters.
The parameters most frequently mentioned were: General Resistance (23.3%) and Body Attitude (21.7%).
Follows a group of three parameters with close frequencies: Strength, Mobility (15.5%) and Flexibility (14.0%). In
last place, with10.1% mentioned Movement`s Elegance.
For 97.2% of subjects Leisure Sports creates an opportunity for communication. Of these, 39.4% said they
communicate with the teacher or the Gym instructor, 43.7% communicate with other students and 14.1% declare
they communicate with other people, after practice. It should be noted that few subjects reported a single line
of communication, most giving multiple answers to this question. Only 2.8% of subjects say they don`t
communicate when they come to the gym.
Regarding Leisure Sports role as an active factor of socialization and integration, 88.2% of subjects had a
positive perception, while 11.8% do not perceive this valence of physical activity.
In conclusion, it appears that the vast majority of research subjects, whether or not practice sports activities in
leisure time, they recognize that Sports is an active factor in improving Self Image, Socialization and Integration in
social and professional life. This confirms the second assumption of the study.
Therefore we can conclude that Leisure Sports activities has a major impact on adults personal and social
development and in raising the quality of life, and can be widely recommended as one of the most profitable and
rewording ways to spend free time.