Structure of morphological characteristics in adolescent boys

Darinka, Korovljev, Milan, Pantović, Saša, Obradović

Glasnik Antropološkog društva Srbije

45

491

496

1820-7936

https://scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx?query=ISSID%26and%268477&page=0&so...

2010-2021/11/01/13:23:28

Morphological space of a human being is multidimensional (Momirovic, Medved, Horvat and Pavisic-Medved, 1969; Viskic-Stalec, 1974; Hosek, Stojanovic, Momirovic, Gredelj and Vukosavljevic, 1980). The research has proven the existence of the following structures: skeleton longitudinal dimension, transversal skeleton dimension, body voluminosity and underskin fatty tissue. Using the sample of 108 male students, aged 15-16, attending Secondary Police School in Sremska Kamenica, 17 anthropolog­ical measures have been used for the evaluation of students' morphological character­istics. The aim of this research was to determine the structure of morphological characteristics in secondary school students aged 15-16 and to compare it to the results gained by the same research done by other authors. Factor analysis in term of variable with promax rotation and Kaiser's normalization has prompted the following morphological characteristics: body voluminosity, under skin fatty tissue and skeleton longitudinal dimension. Research results confirm the existence of the same morphological factors as found in the research conducted on adolescents earlier (Momirović, Medved, Horvat and Pavicic-Medved, 1969; Kurelic, Momirovic, Stojanovic, Sturm, Radojevic i Viskic-Stalec, 1975; Momirovic, Mrakovic, Hosek i Metikos, 1987, according to Madic, 2000). .