Physical Self-concept and Participation in Physical Activity in College Students

Lemoyne, Jean; Valois, Pierre; Guay, Frédéric

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“…The results of the present study showed that this approach directly affected academic effort and led to an improvement in academic self-concept in students. Previous research has indicated that self-concept is one of the important factors which plays key role in students' success in various courses, including math (21) and many of the adolescents' physical and motor behaviors can be altered via physical self-concept (22). Additionally, selfconcept is among predictors of aggression among students (23).…”

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Impact of Jigsaw Technique on Improving University Students’ Self-Concept

2019

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Background: Educational achievement is related to positive and negative feelings. One of the important purposes of educational systems is to enhance students' academic self-concept. Objectives: This study aimed to assess the effect of the jigsaw approach on improving self-concept among university students of educational sciences. Methods: This quasi-experimental study had a pretest-posttest design with a control group. A total of 60 undergraduate students of educational sciences at Farhangian University in Sistan-Baluchestan province were selected and divided into two equal groups of 30 each, i.e. an experimental group and a control group. Liu and Wang academic self-concept scale was applied as a data collection tool and twelve 90-minute sessions of the jigsaw approach were collaboratively conducted on the students who met the inclusion criteria in 6 weeks (two sessions per week). Data were analyzed using a multivariate analysis of covariance. Results: Results of the one-way analysis of covariance show that academic self-concept and the subscales of academic confidence and academic effort are significantly different between the control and experimental groups (error level < 5%). The jigsaw approach had a direct effect on academic effort and improved students' academic self-concept. Conclusions: Academic self-concept plays an essential role in students' achievement. Some students do not know how to act and learn in groups, so they isolate themselves. This isolation can lead to feelings of loneliness or fear of others, but collaborative and cooperative approaches such as jigsaw technique help shape students' self-concept and communicate with others.

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2019

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“…It is evident that physical exercise will produce various physiological benefits such as the improvement of cardiac output, the exchange of pulmonary gases or muscle capillarization, which will increase the maximum oxygen consumption [13,19,20]. Moreover, PA will also improve body composition, which will directly affect the physical dimension of self-concept [26,64]. It should be noted that MD was not related to VO 2MAX , which could be justified by the greater dependence of this indicator on sport habits and training intensity parameters.…”

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An Exploratory Model of Psychosocial Factors and Healthy Habits in University Students of Physical Education Depending on Gender

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Zurita-Ortega

Moreno

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(1) Background: Several researches have shown the relationship between healthy habits and physical and mental health. Thus, it is essential to study how some psychosocial factors can promote positive behaviours in university students, specifically in those who will be teachers of Physical Education. (2) Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional research was conducted on 775 university students of Physical Education from Spain. This study aims to develop an explanatory model for the relationships between motivational climate, healthy habits (Mediterranean Diet (MD), Physical Activity (PA) and substance consumption) and some indicators of physical health (oxygen consumption (VO2MAX)) and mental health (self-concept) according to gender, using structural equations analysis. (3) Results: The motivational climate was positively associated with PA, showing a stronger relationship for ego-oriented climate in women. The adherence to MD showed a positive association with PA and self-concept, while it is negative for the consumption of tobacco in men. Likewise, PA was directly related to VO2MAX with a higher regression weight for women. The ego-oriented motivational climate was negatively related to tobacco consumption in women. (4) Conclusions: Task-oriented goals are related to more positive and healthy behaviours such as PA, although it was no association was found with MD. Therefore, we can conclude the importance of promoting task-oriented goals in educational contexts linked to Physical Education in order to avoid negative behaviours.

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“…Consistent with this model, numerous studies have found that among children and adolescents a positive self-concept for PA predicts future exercise behavior [36, 37], with some studies finding longitudinal effects spanning across 13 years [38]. Similarly, among young adults, those with a positive self-concept for a particular activity (e.g., aerobic exercise) are more likely to engage in that specific activity [39]. However, predictors of PA among adolescents and younger adults may differ from those of older adults.…”

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Longitudinal relationships between self-concept for physical activity and neighborhood social life as predictors of physical activity among older African American adults

Sweeney

Wilson

2017

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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BackgroundEngaging in regular physical activity (PA) as an older adult has been associated with numerous physical and mental health benefits. The aim of this study is to directly compare how individual-level cognitive factors (self-efficacy for PA, self-determined motivation for PA, self-concept for PA) and neighborhood perceptions of the social factors (neighborhood satisfaction, neighborhood social life) impact moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) longitudinally among older African American adults.MethodsData were analyzed from a sub-set of older African American adults (N = 224, M age = 63.23 years, SD = 8.74, 63.23% female, M Body Mass Index = 32.01, SD = 7.52) enrolled in the Positive Action for Today’s Health trial. MVPA was assessed using 7-day accelerometry-estimates and psychosocial data (self-efficacy for PA, self-determined motivation for PA, self-concept for PA, neighborhood satisfaction, neighborhood social life) were collected at baseline, 12-, 18-, and 24-months.ResultsMultilevel growth modeling was used to examine within- and between-person effects of individual-level cognitive and social environmental factors on MVPA. At the between-person level, self-concept (b = 0.872, SE = 0.239, p < 0.001), and neighborhood social life (b = 0.826, SE = 0.176, p < 0.001) predicted greater MVPA, whereas neighborhood satisfaction predicted lower MVPA (b = −0.422, SE = 0.172, p = 0.015). Among the between-person effects, only average social life was moderated by time (b = 0.361, SE = 0.147, p = 0.014), indicating that the impact of a relatively positive social life on MVPA increased across time. At the within-person level, positive increases in self-concept (b = 0.294, SE = 0.145, p = 0.043) and neighborhood social life (b = 0.270, SE = 0.113, p = 0.017) were associated with increased MVPA.ConclusionsThese results suggest that people with a higher average self-concept for PA and a more positive social life engaged in greater average MVPA. Additionally, changes in perceptions of one’s neighborhood social life and one’s self-concept for PA were associated with greater MVPA over 2 years. These factors may be particularly relevant for future interventions targeting long-term change and maintenance of MVPA in older African Americans.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.Gov #NCT01025726 registered 1 December 2009.

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Physical Self-concept and Participation in Physical Activity in College Students

Abstract: These results suggest that strategies that contribute to reinforce PSC are primordial and should be targeted as key components for designing effective PA behavior change interventions among college students.

Cited by 32 publications

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Impact of Jigsaw Technique on Improving University Students’ Self-Concept

Impact of Jigsaw Technique on Improving University Students’ Self-Concept

An Exploratory Model of Psychosocial Factors and Healthy Habits in University Students of Physical Education Depending on Gender

Longitudinal relationships between self-concept for physical activity and neighborhood social life as predictors of physical activity among older African American adults

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