SELF-ESTEEM AND SPORTS PRACTICE IN ADOLESCENTS

Authors

  • Moral-García, J.E. Doctores en Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte. Profesor del departamento de Ciencias Actividad Física y Deporte, Facultad de Educación, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca (Spain)
  • Román-Palmero, J. Graduado en ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte (Spain)
  • López García, S. Doctores en Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte. Profesor del departamento de Ciencias Actividad Física y Deporte, Facultad de Educación, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca (Spain)
  • García-Cantó, E. ,Pérez-Soto, J.J. ,Rosa-Guillamón, A. Doctores en Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte. Profesor didáctica de la Educación Física, Plástica y Musical, Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Murcia (Spain)
  • y Urchaga-Litago, J.D. Doctor en Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte. Profesor de la Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca (Spain)

Keywords:

Self-esteem; physical activity; psychometric analysis; linear regression.

Abstract

The study aimed to analyze self-esteem and its relationship and influence with sports, gender and age of schoolchildren. The sample consisted of 715 adolescents, between 12 and 16 years old (54.12% women), classified as sedentary, practicing individual sports and practicing collective sports. For the active subjects, a 16-week intervention program was designed. The Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale and the international questionnaire MVPA were used. The highest self-esteem corresponds to positive self-esteem, showing significant differences favorable to men and physically active adolescents. Teenagers who practice collective sports have greater self-esteem than do individual sports practitioners. Concluding that the amount and type of sport practiced modulate self-esteem. Age is not a determining factor and sex does influence selfesteem. The two-factor model of the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale is confirmed.

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Published

2021-03-10

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 81 (2021): Vol. 21, No. 81, marzo/March 2021

Section

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