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The analysis of existing positive prophylactic effects of spending lime outdoors unequivocally imposes the need for organizing certain models of outdoor activities, but also for their further development, with regard to an aim which suits the actual current practical needs. The sample of participants for this study consisted of school children. 151 of them, with a chronological age of i 4. from South-East Serbia (Knjaževac, Zaječar and Niš), who completed a questionnaire consisting of 12 items. Statistical procedures were used which suit the requirements of the study: the t-test and an analysis of variance. Differences were determined in the responses in terms of gender, but also in terms of the cities in which the school children reside. By means of analysis and the feedback received on extracurricular outdoor activities, it is possible, on the basis of the obtained results of the survey of their effects, to determine quality and any further need for their organization, to form concrete suggestions and to build models which satisfy the actual needs of elementary school students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Examining aggression and emotional control in students of various professional orientations, especially students of sport studies and physical education, is of great practical importance. It is also very important for each society to act in direction of controlling and guiding the aggression in all aspects of life, especially controlling and guiding aggression in students of sport studies and physical education. Aggressive and anti-social behavior has become one of the major issues in modern society and it is placed in the limelight of various institutions and social activities. The sample of this research consists of 130 examinees, students of the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education and the Faculty of Electronic Engineering in Nis. The instruments used in the research are: the Aggression Questionnaire (A-87; Zuzul, 1987.) for measuring the level of aggression and the Emotional Competence Questionnaire (ECQ-45; Taksic, 2002. b) for measuring the level of emotional competence. The results obtained in the research reveal that students of sport studies have more pronounced aggression (especially the physical and verbal forms of aggression) when compared toward the students of Engineering, while the students of Engineering have more pronounced indirect aggression, which is characterized by expressing and releasing the negative energy toward the objects which are not directly connected to the situation in which the aggression was accumulated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The research was conducted on the sample of 160 students of the University of Nis, 60 of whom were students of the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, 60 students of Psychology and 40 students of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. 76 male and 84 female examinees participated in this research. For examining of the self-concept dimensions, the Self Concept Scale (Opacic, 1995.) was used. It measures the following dimensions: emotionality-rationality, rigidness, misanthropy, moral negativity, locus of control, global self-esteem, sex attraction, evaluation by others, physical and intellectual abilities. The results poinedt toward the existence of statistically important differences between the students of sport and physical education and students of psychology regarding the distinctiveness of the following dimensions of selfconcept: misanthropy, moral negativity, global self-esteem, as well as the physical and intellectual abilities. Comparing the dimensions of self-concept the between students of sport and physical education and the future mechanical engineers, a statistically important differences has been distingueshed in regard to the following dimensions: evaluation by others and the physical ability. The overcome results, to a certain extent, could be explained by the knowledge and experience gained during the studying. Statistically important differences in dimensions of self-concept regarding sex differences of the examinees can be considered within the scope of cultural and social influence on the development of the self concept within the individuals. Therefore, these differences can not be neglected during the examination of the overcome results when comparing the students of different study groups, because of specificity of the sex structure of the examinees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]