SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND SOCIO-CULTURAL ASPECT OF INFLUENCE ON ANTHROPOMETRIC AND MOTOR CHARACTERISTICS: EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EXPERIENCES OF THE TEACHING-EDUCATIONAL STAFF AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Throughout the professional literature, it has been recorded that anthropometric characteristic are in direct correlation with the principles of health improvement; with motor skills, but also the basics of mastered psychological and sociological development. According to the above, in this scientific paper, the problem is considered from the aspect of socio-economic and socio-cultural influences on anthropometric and motor characteristics. In doing so, the analysis is based on the impact on physical activity, but according to individual differences in motor performance, while interacting with environmental factors. The theoretical framework of this paper is complemented by an empirical analysis, which refers to the experiences of the teaching-educational staff among the target group of high school students. Namely, the teaching staff of a high school "X" in the territory of the city of Skopje, North Macedonia, was included, in order to see through their experience, the influence of socio-economic and socio-cultural factors on the anthropometric and motor characteristics of high school students. It is about a mutual share of influence of the home environment, the school environment, but also the social groups of interaction on the motor and anthropometric characteristics of the students.