Abstract
Purpose: to study gender peculiarities and distinctions in physical condition’s self-description of schoolchildren. Material: in the research schoolchildren of 5-11 form (boys -- n=177, girls- n=188) participated. Test-questionnaire “Self description of physical condition” was used. Results: it was found that correlations of indicators of all age categories have gender distinctions. It was determined that boys associate heir health with own self-assessment and physical qualities: coordination of movements, flexibility. Girls connect their health with physical functioning and own physical abilities. Boys connect physical coordination of movements with strength. Girls connect it with appearance. Besides, it was found that boys connect their self-assessment directly with their strength and physical activity. For girls these indicators are not very important. Conclusions: approaches to solution of gender stereotypes and imbalance in adolescents’ physical development are recommended. It is purposeful to work out conception of gender approach to physical education. It would permit: to facilitate development of individual bents and talents of pupils of different sex; to overcome sex-role stereotypes; more effective formation of physical culture values.
Highlights
Purpose: to study gender peculiarities and distinctions in physical condition’s self-description of schoolchildren
At present stage we study specific features of self description of schoolchildren’s physical condition as well as interconnection of physical “self” indicators and general self-assessment
In our researches we did not confirm the facts of girls reduced self-assessment
Summary
Analysis of correlations was conducted separately, by results of testing of different age categories’ pupils. In boys there is strong correlation between “global physical “self” and “strength” (r=0.729) and “global physical “self” and “flexibility” (r =0,695) Boys connect their appearance directly with endurance (r =0.334). Boys connect motor coordination with strength, while girls – exclusively with their appearance In this case we can assume influence of gender stereotypes on self-description of physical condition. We found that boys connect their self-assessment directly with their strength and physical functioning. “Global physical “self” strongly influences on boys’ self-assessment (r=0.761), while on girls’ selfassessment the same influence is rendered by “appearance” (r=0.714) and “motor coordination” (r=0.753). 13-15 years’ age pupils’ distinctions in correlations between self-description indicators are given in tables 3 and 4
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