Influence of the practice of physical activity on the self-concept of adolescents

The practice of physical activity is one of the basic pillars of the human being, through which important health benefits are obtained, both physical and mental. It is considered increasingly important that from the school generate and strengthen habits by which students get to develop physical activity, and from this to increase the self-perception that you have of yourself. Therefore this study is proposed with the objectives o f knowing and analyzing the regular practice of physical activity and the level of self-concept of Spanish adolescents, as well as establishing the relationships between family type and self-concept based on the practice of activity physics performed on young subjects. A total of 2388 adolescents aged between 11 and 17 years (M = 13.85 years) participated in the descriptive and cross-sectional study. A sociodemographic questionnaire was applied to them, the self-concept test AF- and the APGAR family, in order to analyze the level of physical-sporting practice, the type of family and the level of self-concept. The results showed that the majority of the participants in the study were regular practitioners of physical activity (74.0%), who by level 35.6% were federated. The majority presented a normal family functionality (81.5%), and the academic and physical self-concept are the most valued (figures around 3.60). In the same way it is detected that the physical self-concept is greater in men and that when it is federated, the general self-concept increases, just as it happens when the familiar functionality is normal. As a main conclusion it can be pointed out that the regular practice of physical activity increases the levels of self-concept