title: Physical self-perception of elite athletes and nonathletes: a Turkish sample.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between physical self-perception and sports participation by comparing physical self-perception in a sample of elite Turkish athletes and a nonathletic control group. A total of 329 elite athletes from variety of sports at the national level (n(men)=207; M(age)=19.1 yr., SD=3.3 and n(women)=122; M(age)=18.5 yr., SD=3.6) and 469 nonathletic university students (n(men)=275; M(age)=20.8, SD=1.6 and n(women)=194; M(age)=20.7 yr., SD=1.7) voluntarily participated and answered the Physical Self-perception Profile. Scores for the elite athletes were significantly different from those of nonathletes on self-perception in all psychomotor subdomains. Further, physical self-perception of athletes and nonathletes also differed with regard to their sex.
authors.affiliation: Sport Sciences Department, Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey. fhasci@baskent.edu.tr
authors.forename: F Hülya
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Aşçi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011361:Professional Competence; D012649:Self Concept; D013177:Sports; D014421:Turkey