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considered, how intuitively clear model for teenagers of a social reality with its situations of competitive struggle, victories and defeats;
[2]physical activity and sports means find wide application in actions by means of carried out pedagogical and psychological support of
socialization; [3]traditional methods of socialization adapt for interests and inquiries of the teenagers who are professionally going in for
sports.
Results. During realisation of preventive actions programs, developed by employees of the St.-Petersburg research institute of physical
culture, following results are reached: [1]we prepared methodical literature on use of means of physical activity and sports; [2]in system of
teaching and educational process introduced the component directed on preventive actions against drug addiction; [3]there are constantly
worked qualification improvement courses of sports-pedagogical employees at schools of Russia; [4]since 2005 we carried out
annual all-Russian mass sports actions «against drugs». Constant regional sociological monitoring proves efficiency of the developed
actions directed on preventive actions against drug addiction by means and methods of physical activity and sports. At all persons captured
by preventive actions, in relation to psychoactive substances the quantity of children and the teenagers carried to group of risk has
decreased for 20-25 % as compared took place prior to the beginning of the given actions.
Discussion. The physical activity and sports potential is very essential in researched problem. First, such employments are capable to
satisfy the majority of those requirements that induce to try drugs. Also here both bright emotions, and intensive dialogue, and an eventful
life, self-test and risk. Secondly, sports are the most powerful «social lift», allowing young men sharply to raise the status, on to leave
qualitative other level of ability to live. Thirdly, it is activity which for the objective reason is not compatible to drugs and promotes the
statement of healthy way of life.
References. *Boev B.V. Narcotism’s fights in Russia:the analysis and the forecast of demographic consequences./methodological seminar
FIAN, 2001, Moscow.
SPORT PRACTICE AND RESILIENCE: POWER TO OVERCOME.
SANCHES, S., RUBIO, K.
SAO PAULO UNIVERSITY
The educational sport psychology can be an important tool for the prevention and solution of a large number of social problems. One of
the concepts related to it is the resilience, which is the capacity of some people that, even living in a hostile environment, can overcome
the adversities and present adapted patterns of normality. People can be considered resilient when they present internal resources and
abilities to avoid adversity determining negative directions for their lives. (Luthar, Cichetti and Becker, 2000). To investigate the resilience,
we have to look at the risk factors, which can be defined as the negative events that can increase the probability of physical, social or
emotional stress, and at the protective factors, that help dealing with these difficulties. The objective of the present study is to investigate
how the sport practice can contribute to the development of the resilience, and what are the benefits from the acquisition of copings
strategies to deal with stressful situations in different contexts of life. The method includes the investigation of the “life stories” (Rubio,
2006) of 10 elite athletes and the application of an adapted version of the “Five Fields Map” (Sanches, 2004). The results indicate many
contributions of the sport practice: the sport as a profession that helps to overcome poverty; the opportunity to study with an athlete
scholarship; the chance of not having to work at young age; the growth of their social and affective support net and the strengthening of
significant bonds with good role models; the experience of positive emotions; increased health and body care, self-esteem, selfconfidence
and the development of future plans; the distance of drugs and criminality; the boost of social and group work abilities,
autonomy and initiative to fight for wishes and dreams; better levels of self-control, empathy, and others. The conclusion of the study is
that sport practice can decrease a large number of risk factors and increase other protective factors, contributing to the development of
the resilience. This capacity of coping with adversities can help people that practice sports as a free time activity or with an educational or
social finality, as well as the elite athletes that will cope better with the adversities (like losing or getting injured) and will have more
chances to succeed in their sport career.
LUTHAR, S. S.; Cichetti, D. Becker, B. (2000) Research on Resilience: Response to Commentaries. Child Development, May / June. 71 (3), p.
573-575.
RUBIO, K. (2006) Brazilian Olimpic Medalists – memories, stories and the imaginary. São Paulo: Casa do Psicólogo.
SANCHES, S. M. (2004) Sport practice, social and affective development: social projects as a support net. Master´s Dissertation, Psychology
Institute, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Campinas – SP - Brazil.
NOT HEALTH PROMOTON BUT HEALTHY ACTIVITY
SKILLE, E.Å.
HEDMARK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
In order to bring the analysis of research into policy related to health and physical activity down to earth, this paper scrutinizes the views
of the representatives of the implementers: the sport clubs. Based on document analysis and observation in board meetings, the role of
sport clubs was identified to be, first, a facilitator for sport development which was associated with a competitive attitude, achievement
orientation and development of athletes. However, during interviews, sport was, secondly, expressed to play a role in the development of
social goods, such as upbringing and health. Regarding upbringing, one informant held: ‘[The sport club] shall be a place where children
can get good values, attitudes, something more than just knowing the technical skills of football. We will take a societal responsibility.
That is, we shall develop the human being, be in interaction with others and care for others. And not at least, we will give the children a
positive experience for life’.
Paraphrasing Hillary Clinton, he noted that: ‘it takes a whole village to raise a child’. There seemed to be competing ideals between the
logic of sport as achievement oriented on the one hand, and sport as a social institution for well being and upbringing on the other. But
for many sport club representatives, the provision of sport needs no further legislation; sport is good, period. The instrumental values of
sport, as for example health, take a slightly different form in the discourse. Sport club representatives are not concerned with health in
relation to somatic illness, but they believe in the value of sport because they see sport as a healthy way of spending leisure time, of
growing up, and of personal and social development. With the application of neo institutionalism and the translation perspective, the
perspective of the local organizations is underscored. In conclusion, it is suggested that sport policy is as much influenced by local sport
policy, as vice versa. Aiming at identifying elements of government’s sport policy in local and voluntary sport clubs, the analysis has to
take the sport club representatives as the point of departure. The limited focus on health during the case studies of sport clubs may have
several, but not necessarily mutual exclusive, reasons. First, it could be that health is simply not a focus for a sport club. Second, health is
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