Relationships between physical fitness and physical self-concept in Spanish adolescents

The objective of this study is to ascertain whether there is a direct association between physical fitness and the factors that determine the physical self-concept. The sample consisted of 53 schoolchildren of 14-15 years old. To evaluate the physical fitness, three tests were used. To evaluate the physical self-concept, the Physical Self Concept Questionnaire was used. An association was found between endurance and strength as components of physical fitness and the factors that determine the physical self-concept in the sample. Therefore, the adolescents achieving better scores on these tests will have a better physical self-concept. The same applies to the factors that determine the physical self-concept when they are related to each other, but not when they are related to flexibility. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).