TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Psychosocial aspects of youth physical activity
JO  - Pediatric exercise science
A1  - Kipp, Lindsay E.
SP  - 28
EP  - 31
VL  - 28
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0899-8493
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/pes.2016-0009
ID  - ref1
ER  -