- Title
- Children’s self-concept and participation in extra-curricular sport activities
- Creator
- Jiang, Xiaoli; Prosser, Laurie; Hawkins, Ken
- Date
- 2004
- Type
- Text; Conference paper
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/53935
- Identifier
- vital:1415
- Identifier
- ISBN:1741080738
- Abstract
- Multidimensional self-concept measurements have provided a vehicle for a comprehensive investigation of the relationship between participation in sport and the range of self-concept in children. The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in levels of social, academic, physical and global self-concepts between participants and non-participants in extra-curricular sport. The research further investigated children’s self-concept in relation to their time commitment and the level of competition. A total of 1,499 4th- to 6th-grade students participated in the research. The Self-Description Questionnaire I (SDQ-I) and the Participation in Extra-Curricular Sport Activity Questionnaire were utilised in this study. Results indicated that children who participated in extra-curricular sport activities had significantly higher levels of self-concept than their non-participating counterparts in their total self-concept as well as in all the social, academic and physical sub-scales, except for reading. Furthermore, children who competed in sport at the municipal level had a significantly higher physical ability self-concept, but a lower reading self-concept than that of the children who competed locally. There was also a trend that children’s physical ability self-concept improved with an increase in their participation hours up to 13–15 hours per week and a less significant tendency that showed the reading self-concept scores decreasing with the increase in participation hours.; E1
- Publisher
- Berlin, Germany : The SELF Research Centre (AARE)
- Relation
- Paper presented at Third International Biennial SELF Research Conference, Berlin, Germany : 4th July - 7th July, 2004
- Rights
- Copyright The Authors
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- School; Activities; Children; Enjoyment; Subjects; Self-concept; Scores
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