PHYSICAL SELF-IMAGE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: THE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF AN EVALUATIVE INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE THE EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON CHANGES IN PHYSICAL SELF-IMAGE.

摘要

This study was conducted to develop and test an evaluative instrument to measure the effects of physical activity on changes in physical self-image. A form of Osgood's Semantic Differential Technique formed the basic test called Actual Physical Self. After developing the instrument, it was tested on 40 male and 33 female students enrolled in Racquetball, Tennis and Fitness for Living classes at Brigham Young University.;In administering the battery of tests on a sample group, several relationships were found combining various ages, sex and activities.;The new instrument was administered in conjunction with the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale and Budge's Physical Self-Description and Evaluation Scale to compare results and determine significant correlations. There were significant correlations found between the new test and each of the other test scores.