Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analise and understand imaginary identification of their own body’s myths,enfasising the discussions about body aesthetics. The imstrument used for data collection was a questionnaire with a seven points semantic differential scale. The subjects were 28 undergraduate students enrolled at Biology, Ecology, and Physical Education programs at UNESP - Rio Claro. The data were descriptively analised and lead to the conclusion that body aesthetics notion do not differ among the areas studied. Among the results, only the subjects from the Ecology program showed response index slightly superior from the ones from the other programs. Nevertheless, this difference was not significant. The results pattern exibited by the subjects of the three program enfatizes the mythical sense of the perfect body.

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