A study of the effect of jogging on inferred self-concept in a group of college- age return-migrant and non-migrant females escrito por Santiago, Angel David, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, 1988, 122 páginas; AAT 8826816

Resumen

College-age female students frequently are dissatisfied with their physical appearance and feel personal and interpersonal inadequacy. Self-concept literature indicated that the perception of inadequacy is influenced by inferred self-concept. The purpose of the study was to explore the effect of jogging on inferred self-concept in college-age return-migrant and non-migrant female students. Sixty volunteer females were randomly selected from the students enrolled at The Cayey University College in Puerto Rico in the Spring of 1988. All the subjects were randomly assigned to the experimental (n = 30) and the control group (n = 30). Each group was finally composed by 15 return- migrant students who come from the United States and 15 non-migrant students. The average ages ranged between 18 to 24. The experimental group participated in a jogging training program, meeting for 1 hour, 3 days a week for a period of 6 weeks. The remaining group did not receive the jogging training and served as a control group.

Jogging training program was used as a measure of physical conditioning, while global inferred self-concept and subscale scores were assessed using the How I See Myself Scale (HISMS). All the subjects were pre-tested before treatment and were retested at the end of six weeks. Data was analyzed by means of a multiple analysis of variance (MANOVA), and a 2 x 2 analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The findings suggest that subjects who were in the experimental group showed slightly more physiological and psychological improvement than the subjects in the control group. Multiple analysis of variance indicated that there is a significant effect of jogging on physical conditioning variables such as weight loss (p $<$.01) and heart rate reduction (p $<$.001). ANCOVA results showed a significant statistical difference between pre- and post-test scores of the experimental and the control groups. A significant difference was found between joggers and non-joggers with regard to the Interpersonal Adequacy subscale measure when controlling for initial self-concept (p $<$.01). Significant statistical differences were found between return-migrant and non-migrants in the Teachers-Student Relationship subscale (p $<$.05) and the Interpersonal Adequacy (.05) subscale when controlling for initial self-concept.

In summary the results indicated that the jogging conditioning program caused significant changes in body weight and heart rate as physical condition variables. No significant effect of jogging on the subjects' inferred self-concept as measured by the HISMS was found. A significant effect of migrant status on the subjects' inferred self-concept was found.

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Director de tesis: Prewitt-Diaz, Joseph O.

Universidad: The Pennsylvania State University

Lugar de universidad: United States -- Pennsylvania

Fuente: DAI-A 49/10, p. 2964, Apr 1989