THE INFLUENCE OF PHYSICAL FITNESS ON PHYSICAL SELF-CONCEPT IN TEN-YEARS-OLD SLOVENIAN BOYS

The aim of our research was to establish whether there is a correlation between the physical fitness and physical self-concept of preadolescent boys. The research has been carried out on ten years old 216 boys. In order to assess the physical fitness, six Eurofit tests and Polygon backwards test have been used. The Physical Self- Inventory - short form questionnaire was used to obtain the physical self-concept. To define the bivariate correlation between the physical fitness tests and the physical self-concept the Pearson's correlation coefficients were calculated. Multiple-regression analyses found that the physical self-concept is influenced by cardiorespiratory endurance and explosive leg power. The present findings suggest that physical self-concept is closely related to physical fitness in ten years old boys.