title: [Aerobic capacity, weight status and self-concept in schoolchildren].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the relationship between self-concept, aerobic capacity and weight status in schoolchildren.
  
  
  METHODS
  Relational descriptive design in which was assessed the weight status and aerobic capacity of 256 schoolchildren among 8-11 years. Aerobic capacity (low vs high) and the body mass index (normal-weight vs overweight-obesity) were categorized using standard criteria. The self-concept was assessed through the Piers Harris self-concept scale for children.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Schoolchildren with normal-weight and high fitness level showed better levels of conductual self-concept (P=.030), physical (P<.001), lack of anxiety (P=.048), and global self-concept (P=.002). The schoolchildren with normal-weight show higher levels of conductual self-concpt (P=.016), intellectual (P=.050), physical (P<.001), life satisfaction (P=.036), and global self-concept (P=.001). The schoolchildren with a higher fitness level showed better conductual self-concept (P=.024), physical (P=.004), lack of anxiety (P=.011), social (P=.024), and global (P=.003).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of the study strengthen the importance to transmit to the educative community the knowledge of the relationship between the variables analyzed aiming to improve the schoolchildren self-concept.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educación Física, Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, España.
authors.forename: Arancha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gálvez Casas
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educación Física, Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, España.
authors.forename: Pedro Luis
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Rodríguez García
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educación Física, Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, España.
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rosa Guillamón
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educación Física, Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, España.
authors.forename: Eliseo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: García-Cantó
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educación Física, Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, España.
authors.forename: Juan José
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Pérez Soto
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, España. Electronic address: pedrojuan.tarraga@uclm.es.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tárraga López
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, España.
authors.forename: Loreto
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tárraga Marcos
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D017079:Exercise Tolerance / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology; D012649:Self Concept
keywords: Aerobic capacity; Autoconcepto; Body mass index; Capacidad aeróbica; Escolares; Obesidad; Obesity; School children; Self-concept; Índice de masa corporal