scholarly journals Multidimensional Self-Concept in Elementary Education: Sport Practice and Gender

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 2805 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Amado-Alonso ◽  
Santiago Mendo-Lázaro ◽  
Benito León-del-Barco ◽  
Mario Mirabel-Alviz ◽  
Damián Iglesias-Gallego
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Education ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Organized Sport ◽  
Organized Sports ◽  
Sport Practice ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Positive Effect

Background: The purpose of this study was to analyse the relation between the number of hours of organized sports practice and self-concept, considered from a multidimensional approach (physical, emotional, academic, social and family self-concept). The relation between these variables as a function of gender was also investigated. Methods: We used a sample of 840 students from fifth and sixth grade of Elementary Education (494 boys and 346 girls), aged 9 to 12 years, from Spain. To assess the students’ self-concept, we used the AF-5 Self-Concept Form 5 questionnaire. Results: The results show that children who practice organized sport, present a better physical self-concept (0 h a day [h/d]: M = 5.20, SD = 1.82; 1 h/d: M = 5.90, SD = 1.82; 2 h/d: M = 5.99, SD = 1.56; 3 h/d: M = 6.00, SD = 1.42). Boys present a higher emotional self-concept than girls (p < 0.05). Moreover, children’s sports practice is beneficial for the academic and family self-concept but in the case of girls, a high number of hours of daily practice may be decreasing these potential benefits. Conclusions: The findings suggest that organized sports practice could have a positive effect on self-concept. We underline the importance of encourage children to practice sport and paying particular attention to gender differences in the development of the emotional self-concept during elementary education.

scholarly journals Emotional Intelligence and the Practice of Organized Physical-Sport Activity in Children

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Amado-Alonso ◽  
Benito León-del-Barco ◽  
Santiago Mendo-Lázaro ◽  
Pedro Sánchez-Miguel ◽  
Damián Iglesias Gallego
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Elementary Education ◽  
Mood State ◽  
Sport Activity ◽  
School Level ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Organized Sport ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Sport Practice ◽  
Interpersonal Dimension

Aim: Taking into account Bar-On’s postulations about social-emotional intelligence, the aim of the current work is to find out the differences in the five dimensions of this intelligence between children that practice organized sport and those children that do not practice it at the elementary school level. Method: A randomly selected sample of 940 children from elementary schools, ranging in age from 6 to 12 years old, attending different schools from the Autonomous Community of Extremadura (Spain), was used. Results: The results showed that children who practiced organized sport had better abilities at the intrapersonal and interpersonal level, better adaptability and mood states, and greater emotional intelligence than those who did not. The findings regarding gender and age indicated greater values in girls of emotional intelligence, highlighting the interpersonal dimension, as well as mood state scores, whereas younger children showed greater intrapersonal intelligence and less stress management. Moreover, children who practiced for three or more hours per day had a greater ability to cope with stress than those children who practiced for fewer hours a day. Conclusions: To conclude, it is important to promote federative sport practice in elementary education in order to ensure that children learn to better regulate and manage their emotions.

Prediction of Music Achievement in the Elementary School

1982 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven K. Hedden
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Elementary Grades ◽  
Moderate Increase ◽  
Music Achievement ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
Music Attitude ◽  
Music Specialist ◽  
And Gender

This study examined several predictors of music achievement for general music students in the upper elementary grades: attitude toward music, self-concept in music, music background, academic achievement, and gender. Subjects were 144 fifth- and sixth-grade students in two Midwestern towns who received regularly-scheduled instruction from a music specialist. Multiple regression analysis revealed that the best single predictor of music achievement was the academic achievement test. The addition of the music attitude or self-concept measure produced a moderate increase in predictive power; the remaining variables were not effective predictors. The results of the study suggest that a teacher may be able to heighten music achievement by stressing music attitude or self-concept during music classes.

An Islamic Bank's Customers' Approach to Gamify Mobile Banking

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 23-40
Author(s):  
Aysegul Sagkaya Gungor ◽  
Yusuf Ihsan Kurt
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Banking ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Banking Services ◽  
Performance Expectancy ◽  
Promising Tool ◽  
And Performance ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Facilitating Conditions ◽  
Behavioral Intention To Use ◽  
Positive Effect

Making customers adopt mobile banking is a great challenge for banks, and especially for Islamic banks. This study investigates the factors that could predict the customers' use intention of the mobile banking services of Islamic banks by applying the conceptual model of UTAUT2. The model was further extended with gamification, as a promising tool to ease the adoption, while discussing the moderating effect of age and gender for all variables. The applied questionnaire to collect data has resulted in 205 respondents. The findings implied that facilitating conditions, habit, price value, and performance expectancy are effective variables in Islamic banking customers' behavioral intention to use m-banking. Gamification has a positive effect only when customers are younger than 30. It is further discovered that only the customers 30 and older had performance expectancy. Regarding gender differences, the only finding is the men's greater interest in the price value.

CULTURE AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE SELF-ESTEEM OF COLLEGE STUDENTS: A FOUR-COUNTRY COMPARISON

1996 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 321-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Watkins ◽  
Adebowale Akande ◽  
Christopher Cheng ◽  
Murari Regmi
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
School Students ◽  
Country Comparison ◽  
Undergraduate University Students ◽  
Second Year ◽  
And Gender

The responses of 268 Hong Kong and 399 Nigerian first- or second-year social science undergraduate university students to the Personal and Academic Self-Concept Inventory (PASCI; Fleming & Whalen, 1990) were compared to previously reported findings with similar groups of American and Nepalese students. Country × Gender analyses indicated clear, statistically significant mnain and interaction effects which varied according to the area of self-esteem under investigation. Support was found for the tendency found in research with secondary school students for subjects from non-Western cultures to report higher academic but lower nonacademic self-esteem than their Western peers. However, the gender differences did not generalize across cultures.

Improvements in Self-Concept Associated with Reductions in Negative Mood in Preadolescents Enrolled in an After-School Physical Activity Program

2005 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 400-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
James J. Annesi
Keyword(s):  
Negative Mood ◽  
Exercise Program ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
After School ◽  
Activity Program ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Theory ◽  
Exercise Induced ◽  
Induced Changes ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
School Care

Preadolescents enrolled in either a 3 times per week, 12-week exercise program ( n = 50) or a no-exercise program control condition ( n = 42) during their after-school care, were assessed for indication of whether exercise-induced changes in self-concept and overall negative mood were negatively correlated. Significant improvements in ratings of self-concept and of negative mood were found over 12 wk. Inverse relationships were found between changes in physical self-concept with overall self-concept and negative mood ( r = –.40 and –.36, respectively). Results supported the positive effect of exercise on the assessed psychological factors in preadolescents. Cognitive behavioral theory-based explanations of the findings were discussed.

scholarly journals Dimensions of self-concept and sports engagement in early adolescence

Psihologija ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatjana Tubic ◽  
Visnja Djordjic ◽  
Suncica Pocek
Keyword(s):  
Self Concept ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Special Effect ◽  
Sports Activity ◽  
Male Adolescents ◽  
Organized Sports ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Analysis Point

The aim of this paper is to examine the differences in particular dimensions of selfconcept in female and male adolescents depending on sports engagement, as well as to determine which domain-specific self-perceptions provide the highest contributions to global self-worth in female and male adolescents engaged in sport and those not engaged in it. This research included 400 subjects at early adolescent age, of both genders (235 females and 164 males) further divided to sub-samples of athletes and non-athletes. An adapted version of a scale Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents (Harter, 1988) was applied, which consists of nine subscales. The obtained results indicate that sport-engaged adolescents of both genders provide more favourable perception of themselves in most tested aspects of self-concept than those not engaged in an organized sports activity. Engagement in sport has special effect on selfconcept of male adolescents. Results of multiple regression analysis point out unambiguously the significance of self-perception of physical appearance in global self-worth of adolescents of both genders, irrespective of whether they are involved in sports activity or not.

scholarly journals Lehen Hezkuntzarako kirol-jarduera fisikoko inplikazioaren galdeketa: faktore-analisi baieztatzailea

Tantak ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-97
Author(s):  
Iker Izar de la Fuente Díaz de Cerio ◽  
Arantzazu Rodríguez Fernández ◽  
Naira Escalante Mateos
Keyword(s):  
Primary Education ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Sport Activity ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Three Dimensional Model ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Variance Explained ◽  
Activity Questionnaire

ABSTRACTBased on a previous pilot validation, once the internal consistency of the questionnaire of engagement in physical-sport activity (IMAF) for Primary Education is improved, a confirmatory factor analysis is carried out. In addition, external validity evidences are obtained by correlating the questionnaire with the physical self-concept. Finally, the variability of the physical-sport activity engagement regarding the sex and the intensity of the practice of physical activity is analysed. All that with a sample of 100 students of sixth grade of Primary Education (41% girls; 59% boys) aged between 11 and 12 (M = 11.89; SD = .314). The questionnaires IMAF (physical-sport engagement) and CAF-A (Shorten physical self-concept) have been used. The results of the research certify an improvement in internal consistency and in the percentage of total variance explained. Additionally, the structure of the questionnaire fits the proposed three-dimensional model. Lastly, it has been demonstrated that boys and people who practice physical-sport activity with high intensity show higher values in physical-sport engagement.KEYWORDS: engagement, physical-sport activity, questionnaire, validation, Primary Education. LABURPENAAurreko baliozkotze pilotu batetik abiaturik, Lehen Hezkuntzarako kirol-jarduera fisikoko inplikaziorako galdeketaren (IMAF) barne trinkotasuna behin hobetuta faktore-analisi baieztatzailea egiten da. Horretaz gain, itaunketa autokontzeptu fisikoarekin korrelazionatzean kanpo baliotasuneko ebidentziak lortzen dira. Azkenik galdeketaren aldagarritasuna sexuaren eta jarduera fisikoko praktikaren intentsitatearen arabera aztertzen da. Ikerketan Lehen Hezkuntzako seigarren mailako 100 ikaslek (% 41 neskak; % 59 mutilak) parte hartu dute, guztiak, 11 edo 12 urte izanez. Erabilitako itaunketak IMAF (kirol-jarduera fisikoko inplikazioa) eta CAF-A (autokontzeptu fisikoa laburbilduta) izan dira. Emaitzek barne trinkotasunean eta azaldutako bariantza totalaren portzentajean hobekuntza erakusten dute. Horretaz gain, itaunketaren egitura proposaturiko eredu tridimentsionalarekin bat dator. Amaitzeko, mutilak eta jarduera kirol-fisikoa intentsitate altuan praktikatzen dutenek inplikazio kirolfisikoan balio alturagoak erakusten dituztela frogatu da.GAKO-HITZAK: inplikazioa, kirol-jarduera fisikoa, galdeketa, baliozkotzea, Lehen Hezkuntza.

scholarly journals Age- and gender-dependent differences in attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination and underlying psychological processes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiko Tanaka ◽  
Tsuyoshi Nihonsugi ◽  
Fumio Ohtake ◽  
Masahiko Haruno
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Herd Immunity ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
Japanese People ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Positive Effect

Abstract The most promising way to prevent the explosive spread of COVID-19 infection is to achieve herd immunity through vaccination. It is therefore important to motivate those who are less willing to be vaccinated. To address this issue, we conducted an online survey of 6232 Japanese people to investigate age- and gender- dependent differences in attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination and the underlying psychological processes. We asked participants to read one of nine different messages about COVID-19 vaccination and rate their willingness to be vaccinated. We also collected their 17 social personality trait scores and demographic information. We found that males 10-20 years old showed the minimum willingness to be vaccinated. We also found that prosocial traits are the driving force for young people, but the motivation in older people also depends on risk aversion and self-interest. Furthermore, an analysis of 9 different messages demonstrated that for young people (particularly males), the message emphasizing the majority’s intention to vaccinate and scientific evidence for the safety of the vaccination had the strongest positive effect on the willingness to be vaccinated, suggesting that the herding effect arising from the “majority + scientific evidence” message nudges young people to show their prosocial nature in action.

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