The thesis focuses on establishing if there is a correlation between the self-concept and the results of sports educational charts among the adolescents in secondary schools in Ljubljana; if there are statistically important differences in the self-concept between boys and girls and in the results of their sports educational charts; and which test from the sports educational chart is most strongly connected to the self-concept test.
Due to numerous developments, adolescence is a crucial period for the development of self-concept. It represents the most primary field for an individual’s formation of their general self-concept, and it has a unique position, as the body with its looks, features and abilities is an important intermediary between the individual and the environment. In Slovenia, up till now, the understanding of the adolescents’ self-concept and its connection to the sports educational chart was somewhat neglected and insufficiently analysed.
The survey involved 100 questionnaires of the Tennessee self-concept scale (TSCS) which were given to students from four secondary schools in Ljubljana. TSCS includes various aspects of self-concept. The results of these questionnaires were then compared to the results of the sports educational charts.
The analysis has confirmed all hypotheses which assumed there was no connection between self-concept and the sports education charts despite the gender. Any connection that occurred was weak and could be hardly generalised to the entire population. The research suggests that physical self-concept and physical activity have an important connection. The results showed that there were no differences in the self-concept between girls and boys, which is in conflict with the results of other studies. The measurement tasks results were weakly connected with the self-concept variables – body weight, skin fold of the upper arm, polygon backwards, standing broad jump, sit-ups, stand and reach, and 60-metre sprint. One of the most frequent variables that is connected with the measurement tasks results of sports education charts was physical ego.
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