Abstract

AGUILAR VALDES, Juan et al. Habits or inappropriate behaviors and poor academic results in students of secondary school. Rev Cubana Hig Epidemiol [online]. 2010, vol.48, n.3, pp. 280-290. ISSN 1561-3003.

Specific habits and behaviors are more frequent among students with poor academic results as causes or consequences. The objective of present paper was to identify the relation among the poor habits or behaviors of life to the poor academic results of the students from a Basic Secondary School of the Habana Vieja municipality. A cross-sectional study was conducted in the 1 129 students from above mentioned educational level in 2003-2004 courses. The inappropriate habits and behaviors were identified by means of a survey applied to students and the academic result was assessed according to the marks obtained in the subjects of present year which were classified in two categories: "poor academic results (one or more subjects with less than of 60 points) and "good academic results" (when there were not subjects with less than 60 points). There was predominance of inappropriate habits and behaviors in students with poor academic results: not to play in the open air, to play video games, not to read in the spare time, not to have snack in the morning, to go to discotheques, not to consume vegetables before 14 years old, poor interpersonal relationships with contemporaries, professors, and parents, frequent changes of sexual partner, not to use condom, to do violence to others persons, to think that suicide solve the problems. En both groups, the percentages were similar in features like: to see television in excess, not to sleep enough, to have accidents and to commit traffic infringements.

Keywords : Academic results; habits; behaviors; students.

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