Perception of the self-concept of elementary schools from eleven to three physically active years

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the physical self-concept of schoolchildren aged 11 to 16 years by age group and by gender. Were evaluated 263 schoolchildren 137 boys and 126 girls. To evaluate the self-concept, the Physical Self-Perception Profile - PSPP was used. For the distribution of the sample by age group and by gender, comparative descriptive statistics were used. The results showed significant differences for boys, for the sub-factors of the PSPP sporting competence (F = 16.56, p ≤ 0.03) physical condition (F = 3.56, p ≤ 0.02) and physical strength (F = 2.38, p ≤ 0.01) Girls were shown to be significantly higher only for the body image sub-factor (F = 3.26, p ≤ 0.03) for the general physical competence sub-factor scores were high with significant differences for the 263 school children relative to the PSPP score. The final findings showed that age positively influenced the perception of self-concept with higher scores for sixteen-year-old schoolchildren.