Self – Expressing One's Feelings and the Impact of Physical Activities over Them

Abstract

Problem StatementSelf-confidence is an aspect highly approached nowadays, with major importance both in professional and personal life. The manner in which self-confidence can be affected, and through this the expression of one's feelings with their full emotional range, has long been discussed, argued and contested. This is the reason for which we proposed the approach of the above-described subject. Purpose of StudyFor our research we started from the hypothesis according to which students who regularly participate in physical activities of the university education programme are more self-aware, have greater freedom to express their emotional feelings, and are more balanced from an emotional point of view, as compared with their other colleagues who repeatedly absent from the Physical Education programme. The group involved in our research was composed of 86 students (boys and girls), coming from the same institution and, theoretically, having the same preoccupations. Research MethodsBibliographic study method; observation method; enquiry method (questionnaire, discussion, enquiry, etc.); method of pedagogical experiment; statistical-mathematical method; observation method; graphical method. FindingsOur study aims to highlight that a regular participation in physical activities within an university education programme gives greater freedom in expressing one's feelings and enhances the individual's self-confidence, due to the fact that emotional barriers are triggered by the lack of socialisation and fear of ridicule, feeling that disappears when one practices a kind of sport or physical exercise simultaneously performed by the rest of a group. ConclusionsStudents’ group consciousness is transformed through regular participation in physical activities within a university education programme, as they have greater freedom in expressing their emotions, are more balanced emotionally, and become emancipated. By leaving behind preconceived opinions, they become self-aware and are eager to assert “as an attribute of their own existence.” (Horst H.S., p. 21)