SELF-ESTEEM AND SELF-IMAGE OF ADOLESCENTS PRACTITIONERS AND NON PRACTITIONERS OF HANDBALL

The purpose of this study was to look at the self-esteem and self-image of two groups of adolescents: i) practitioners of handball from the School St. Louis, Brusque / SC and ii) not practitioners of this sport, from the Elementary School Teacher Patrick Teixeira Brazil, St. John the Baptist / SC. The work was characterized as a descriptive field study. The sample consisted of 25 adolescents aged 13 to 14 years. We used a structured questionnaire related the self-image and self esteem (Stobaus). Quantitative data were analyzed according to the content and object of the study. Data revealed that the self-image of most practitioners and not practitioners wasn't either high or low, but rather average. However, regarding self-esteem, most of handball practitioners ranked also quite average while those not involved in the sport had a lower perception of themselves.