Qualidade de vida: um estudo misto em atletas de voleibol universitário

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the convergences and divergences of quality of life in college athletes. The sample consisted of 16 college athletes from the male volleyball team of a public university in Alagoas, with a mean age of 24.6 years. This is a descriptive study with a mixed approach. Two instruments were used for data collection: the WHOQOL-bref questionnaire and the Free Word Association Test; the first used to obtain the domains (psychological, psychological, social relations and environment) related to quality of life and the second consisting of the evocation of five words through the inductive term "quality of life". The results were obtained by means of analysis, which indicated a good or very good QL, and less than half of the participants appeared in good health, even showing that the older the worse the QL. Health, sport and nutrition were the central core of the evocations. In the discussion, the terms similarities and differences were used, as they are more consistent with SR studies. There was a similarity between satisfaction with QL and health as the central core of the SRs, as well as a difference between health (main SR) and the majority's dissatisfaction with this variable. There was also a difference between the psychological domain and age. In the end, we understand that the methods used were combined, verifying convergences and divergences between the results, providing a better understanding of QL.