Stojan Puhalj (Author), Črtomir Matejek (Author), Jurij Planinšec (Author)

Abstract

The main aim of this study was to determine the relationship of morphologic features and body composition to physical self-concepts in boys and girls separately. This research included 630 children from north-eastern Slovenia, aged 9 to 11 years (M = 10.01; SD = .810), of which 311 were boys and 319 were girls. Morphologic features of the children were measured with the use of a standardized anthropometric instrumentation; the Maltron BF-907 Body Composition Analyzer was used for the measurement of body fat, fat-free mass, and body water proportions. The gender, age, and physical self-concept data were acquired through the French version of The Physical Self-Inventory – a short form questionnaire for determining the physical self-concept of adolescents, adapted to Slovenia. The relation between individual morphological features and physical self-concept was determined by regression analysis. Statistical significance was established at 0.05. The results show that the physical self-concept is more closely connected with body composition and morphologic features in boys than in girls, whereas the body fat proportion is the strongest predictor of physical self-concept in boys. The findings show that, particularly in boys, the physical self-concept is also largely based on the morphologic features and body composition. It is necessary to give special attention to boys, as we often think that boys are not as concerned with the physical appearance as girls.

Keywords

self-concept;physical development;body measurements;body fat;pupils;

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Language: English
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Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization: UM PEF - Faculty of Education
UDC: 159.923.31-053.5:572.087
COBISS: 1536171716 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 2232-2620
Parent publication: Annales kinesiologiae
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Secondary language: Slovenian
Secondary title: Telesna samopodoba, antropometrija in sestava telesa v predadolescenci
Secondary abstract: Namen raziskave je bil ugotoviti povezanost med morfološkimi značilnostmi, sestavo telesa in telesno samopodobo ločeno pri dečkih in deklicah. V raziskavi je sodelovalo 630 otrok iz severovzhodne Slovenije, starih od 9 do 11 let (M = 10.01; SD = .810, od tega je bilo 311 dečkov in 319 deklic. Morfološke značilnosti otrok so bile izmerjene z uporabo standardiziranega antropometričnega instrumentarija, za meritve deleža maščevja, brezmaščobne mase in vode pa je bil uporabljen analizator sestave telesa Maltron BF-907. Podatki o spolu, starosti in telesni samopodobi so bili pridobljeni s pomočjo poslovenjene različice francoske verzije vprašalnika za ugotavljanje telesne samopodobe mladostnikov The Physical Self-Inventory – short form. Za ugotavljanje povezanosti posameznih morfoloških značilnosti s telesno samopodobo je bila uporabljena regresijska analiza. Statistično značilnost smo ugotavljali na ravni tveganja 0,05. Rezultati kažejo, da je telesna samopodoba tesneje povezana s sestavo telesa in z morfološkimi značilnostmi pri dečkih kot pri deklicah, pri čemer na telesno samopodobo dečkov najbolj vpliva delež maščevja v telesu. Ugotovitve kažejo, da, predvsem pri dečkih, k predstavi o telesni samopodobi v veliki meri prispevajo tudi morfološke značilnosti in sestava telesa. Posebno pozornost je potrebno nameniti tudi dečkom, za katere nemalokrat menimo, da z zunanjim videzom niso tako obremenjeni kot deklice.
Secondary keywords: samopodoba;telesni razvoj;morfološke dimenzije;telesna maščoba;šolarji;ne zaključna dela;Samopodoba;Učenci;Telesna zgradba (človek);Antropometrija;
URN: URN:SI:UM:
Type (COBISS): Article
Pages: str. 17-28
Volume: ǂVol. ǂ4
Issue: ǂno. ǂ1
Chronology: 2013
ID: 10850534