國小高年級學童身體意象、自專與身體活動之研究

Relationship among Body Image, Self-esteem and Physical Activity in Fifth and Sixth Graders in an Elementary School in Taipei

李碧霞(Pi-Hsia Lee) ； 陳靜敏(Ching-Min Chen)

《醫護科技學刊》 7卷1期 (2005/01) Pp. 43-55

https://doi.org/10.6563/TJHS.2005.7(1).4

摘要

The correlation between exercise and psychological health recently has received considerable attention. This study examined the relationships among body image, self- esteem and physical activity. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to gather data from 972 fifth and sixth grade elementary school students (response rate: 97.3%). Results indicated that mean body image, esteem and physical activity were 45.79±7.70 (60 in total), 33.33±5.98 (40 in total) and 52.02±3.95 (56 in total), respectively. Girls had more negative perceptions of body image and self-esteem that boys, and also performed less physical activity. Significantly positive correlations were found between body image and self-esteem (r=.46, p＜.001) and physical activity (r=.27, p＜.001). Self-esteem was also positively correlated with physical activity (r=.21, p＜.001). The findings of this work indicate that promoting physical activity may offer an effective way of enhancing the self-esteem of elementary school students and promoting a healthy body image.

關鍵字

身體意象 ； 自尊 ； 身體活動 ； 國小

並列摘要

The correlation between exercise and psychological health recently has received considerable attention. This study examined the relationships among body image, self- esteem and physical activity. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to gather data from 972 fifth and sixth grade elementary school students (response rate: 97.3%). Results indicated that mean body image, esteem and physical activity were 45.79±7.70 (60 in total), 33.33±5.98 (40 in total) and 52.02±3.95 (56 in total), respectively. Girls had more negative perceptions of body image and self-esteem that boys, and also performed less physical activity. Significantly positive correlations were found between body image and self-esteem (r=.46, p＜.001) and physical activity (r=.27, p＜.001). Self-esteem was also positively correlated with physical activity (r=.21, p＜.001). The findings of this work indicate that promoting physical activity may offer an effective way of enhancing the self-esteem of elementary school students and promoting a healthy body image.

並列關鍵字

Body image ； self-esteem ； physical activity ； elementary school

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