Education Regarding Addictions and the Impact of Leisure Time Physical Activities Upon the Control of the Addictive Behaviour

Abstract Problem Statement It is widely known that the physical and intellectual health of the young generation represents a state of well-being, emotional stability and a positive self-image, as compared to addictions, which reflect an affective disorder, a fractured self-image at the emotional level, which is supposed to occur from the lack of leisure time preoccupations. Purpose of Study The present research started from the hypothesis according to which the absence of a leisure time activity results in an exteriorization of the repression of the young generation through the excessive use of gadgets, which leads to addictions totally unhealthy for live, and the addictive aspect we believe, could be diminished through means of an organized program of physical activity in their leisure time. Findings Students who perform physical activities in their leisure time (jogging, football, aerobics, body-building) have no addictions or these are significantly diminished, as compared to their other colleagues who are used to spend their leisure time without practicing any kind of physical exercise. This study has been undertaken on a group of 73 students enrolled in the Petroleum-Gas University from Ploiesti. Conclusions Physical activity is a form of reducing addictions for teenagers, with a purpose for the stimulation of their willing qualities, their affective side, regarding their possibility of obtaining a behavioural detachment and self-security.