Psychological benefits of sport participation and physical activity for adolescent females.
Description:
Recent research has suggested that the effects of sport on well-being are mediated by psychological characteristics such as physical self-concept, instrumentality and positive body images; in addition, sport was found to be related to these psychological benefits for high school girls. However, physical self-concept played a central role by mediating the sport -body image and sport instrumentality relationships. Positive body image and instrumentality, in turn, predicted greater psychological w…
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Date:
August 2007
Creator:
Boyer, Elizabeth M.
Partner:
UNT Libraries