Abstract

The relationships of sport participation, body build, and self-concept were assessed in 50 boys and 68 girls scoring below the 50th percentile, and 87 boys and 88 girls scoring above the 70th percentile on a physical fitness-motor ability test. The children were in grades 4-6. Both boys and girls in the high physical fitness group scored significantly higher on self-concept than boys and girls in the low physical fitness group. Sport-participation correlated higher with the self-concept of the boys than the self-concept of the girls and significantly correlated with the physical fitness of the boys but not the physical fitness of the girls. It was found that a significantly smaller proportion of girls who scored high in physical fitness were participating in youth sport than boys who scored high in physical fitness. Finally, body build correlated with the self-concept of the girls, but not the self-concept of the boys. Verf.-Referat