Orienteering to optimize the psychophysical wellbeing of young teens (13 to 14- year-old)

Abstract

Available research suggests that the learning process in a state-of-art school is a multifaceted phenomenon, characterized by students’ cognitive capacity to embrace and process a plethora of information within a short span of time; technicalization and innovation of education; and consequently, without any doubt, it strongly affects students’ psycho-emotional and psychophysical wellbeing. Purpose: theoretically prove and develop a complex program of enhancing positive effect of orienteering on young teens’ (13-14-year-olds) psychophysical wellbeing and experimentally verify its effectiveness. Material and methods: Judging the validity of the study, the authors provided a clear and precise description of the research methods as followed: theoretical analysis, generalization of the body of specialized and documentary evidence, pedagogical, sociological, anthropometrical, physiological, psycho-physiological techniques, methods of sickness rate assessment, evaluation of health status, and method of mathematical statistics. Results. According to the results of psycho-physiological test on the nervous system response, valid outcomes were measured, that both EG female and male students differ (р<0.05) from CG female and male students, assessing the extent to which the groups were varying in visual-motor response speed, reaction to sound, cognitive reflection and decision making. This fact points out the presence of high-speed component determining high efficiency detection and involving EG students’ visual, conceptual, and visuomotor tracking. EG male and female students’ results of Romberg’s test are higher (р<0.05) and meet age requirements.