title: Self-perception of fitness and personality traits.
abstract: Our aim was to analyze how subjects perceive their own physical fitness. In Study 1 the 247 subjects assessed their own fitness, endurance, strength, flexibility, and body composition according to specific category scales. Analyses showed that self-perceived physical fitness was mainly related to perceived cardiovascular endurance. According to sex and age, strength, flexibility, and body composition could have a significant influence. The scores obtained on the five scales were highly correlated, suggesting they were overdetermined by a more general factor assimilated to physical self-worth. In Study 2 the 91 subjects completed the same five scales, the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory, and the Bem Sex-role Inventory. Results confirmed the hierarchical model of Fox and Corbin (1989) and showed that physical self-worth is related to self-esteem, anxiety, and masculinity.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Psychologie du Sport, Institut National du Sport et de l'Education Physique, Paris, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Delignières
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marcellini
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brisswalter
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Legros
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001823:Body Composition; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D010807:Physical Endurance; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept