Influence of physical activity on addictive behaviors in adolescents and their health. (Original)

Abstract

This study contributes to the research project, "Constructivist teaching supported by artificial intelligence", to the AISCIENCES Research Group and the Intelligent and Cyberphysical Systems Research Group (GISICF), aims to determine the importance of physical activity and sport in the prevention and treatment of addictive behaviors, is a descriptive research, longitudinal, using quantitative and qualitative methods, the techniques were carried out through observation, surveys, interviews and case studies, the population under study were adolescents with addictive behaviors to alcohol and drugs between 12 and 19 years old from the urban area of ​​​​the Jipijapa canton, as a strategy a recreational piñatería workshop was applied, health treatment through talks and practice of physical activity, soccer and ecuavoley, the time of the study was five months, as for the results, twenty-six scientific articles were analyzed from which specific information was extracted from ten of these where it is concluded that physical activity and sport are strategies that allow to distract time In the Solving Social Problems survey, conducted in collaboration with the School of Social Problems and Social Skills (Solving) program, 85% of students exhibited negative emotional traits, and 89% demonstrated a reduction in anxiety related to alcohol and drug use through sports practice.