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Lifestyle and Scholar Culture in University Students from Coahuila

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  • Jesús Alberto García García*

    (Doctor in Educational sciences by the Autonomous University of Coahuila, full time teacher and head of the department of research of the educational and human phenomenon. Works with the following topics: Quality of life, Education Sociology and Academic Performance. Recent publications: Quality Of Life Perception on University Students: Comparative Study between Men and Women. School and Its Impact on the Performance and Quality of Primary School Teachers, Mexico)

  • Julio Cufarfán López

    (Doctor in Educational sciences by the Autonomous University of Coahuila, full time teacher and head of the administrative department of the Science, Education and Humanity school. Works with the following research topics, Quality of life, Mexico)

  • Gabriela Morán Delgado

    (Doctor in Educational sciences by the Autonomous University of Coahuila, Works with the following research topics: Quality of life, Teacher performance and Education, Mexico)

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to analyze the differences between the lifestyle and the scholar culture from the university student’s perspective of five different schools. The results were obtained by a quantitative study, with a traversal design, open and observational, and they were derivate from a descriptive and comparative analysis with the ANOVA one factor test. The sample was took on a random way; the total of participants was of 890. The results showed that the principal characteristics from the university students´ lifestyle is exercise, sports practice, physical activity, health and unhealthy food ingest, alcohol consume, smoking and sedentary lifestyle. It was conclude that the university students have a Lifestyle that could be classify in three aspects, the first one, their free time (leisure), that is usually employ on social network and frequent alcohol consume. The second lifestyle aspect is related with the scholar culture, in this sense, is associated with dedication and compromise with the academic activities of their school (doing homework, projects, expositions and extracurricular activities) and the last one, their alimentation, which is characterized by consuming two kinds of food, healthy and unhealthy (high caloric content food). The schools in the Autonomous University of Coahuila are systemically working on the development of new strategies of cultural promotion for the integral development of their students.

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  • Jesús Alberto García García* & Julio Cufarfán López & Gabriela Morán Delgado, 2018. "Lifestyle and Scholar Culture in University Students from Coahuila," Research Journal of Education, Academic Research Publishing Group, vol. 4(11), pages 187-194, 11-2018.
  • Handle: RePEc:arp:rjearp:2018:p:187-194
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