@article{ref1,
title="Psychosocial aspects of youth physical activity",
journal="Pediatric exercise science",
year="2016",
author="Kipp, Lindsay E.",
volume="28",
number="1",
pages="28-31",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: One important issue in sport and exercise psychology is to determine to what extent sports and exercise can help to increase self-esteem, and what the underlying mechanism might be. Based on the exercise and self-esteem model (EXSEM) and on findings from the sociometer theory, the mediating effect of physical self-concept and perceived social acceptance on the longitudinal relationship between motor ability and self-esteem was investigated. <br><br>DESIGN: Longitudinal study with three waves of data collection at intervals of ten weeks each. <br><br>METHOD: 428 adolescents (46.3% girls, Mage = 11.9, SD =.55) participated in the study, in which they performed three motor ability tests and completed paper-and-pencil questionnaires for physical self-concept and perceived social acceptance, as well as for self-esteem, at all three measuring points. <br><br>RESULTS: Using structural equation modeling procedures, the multiple mediation model revealed both physical self-concept and perceived social acceptance to be mediators between motor ability and self-esteem in the case of boys. In girls, on the other hand, the mediation between motor ability and self-esteem only takes place via physical self-concept. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Gender differences in the relationship between motor ability and self-esteem suggest gender-specific interventions aimed at promoting self-concept.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0899-8493",
doi="10.1123/pes.2016-0009",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/pes.2016-0009"
}