STRUCTURE OF MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDENTS OF FACULTY OF SECURITY SCIENCES

Abstract

Set of 17 morphological measures was applied in order to determine the latent
structure of morphological characteristics on a sample of 84 students of the fi rst year of
the Faculty of Security Sciences at the University of Banja Luka. Using factor analysis,
we identifi ed three factors that were interpreted as: volume and body mass factor, the
factor of the longitudinal and transverse dimensionality of the body, and the factor of
physical body composition which estimate was based on the thickness of the subcutaneous
fat tissue. This research represents an attempt to show that segregated latent hierarchical
structure of morphological factors has both theoretical and practical values, and
these factors should represent certain mean for the prediction of anthropometric characteristics
and programming of training operators in the process of teaching Special Physical
Education.