Correlations between personal characteristics and physical fitness in healthy students and students with chronic diseases

Aim. The article deals with establishing correlations between personal characteristics and physical fitness in healthy students and students with chronic diseases. Materials and Methods. 426 first-year male and female students from the Irkutsk State University took part in the study. In all first-year students, we studied personal psychological characteristics: personal adaptation potential, motivation to success, anthropometric data (body weight, body height, BMI). We also studied the parameters of physical fitness. Results. In healthy female students, we revealed a direct correlation between physical fitness (pull ups) and personal adaptation potential. In females with chronic diseases, we established a direct correlation between abdominal muscles strength and personal adaptation potential. In healthy males, we found out the dependence between BMI and motivation to success. Conclusion. In first-year students (male and female), we revealed the positive correlations between personal characteristics and physical fitness.