@misc{10481/64505,
year = {2020},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/64505},
abstract = {An appeal has been issued to the scientific community to investigate physical, mental
and emotional states, and pro-social behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hence, this study
aims to investigate adolescents’ self-concept before and during a lockdown period in relation to
gender and type/amount of physical activity or sports. The pre-lockdown sample of 366 adolescents
were aged 13–17 years (M = 15.51 ± 0.65), of whom 192 (52.5%) were females and 174 (47.5%) were
males. During the lockdown, the age range of the sample was 13–17 years (M = 14.57 ± 1.47),
of whom 82 (60.3%) were females, and 54 (39.7%) were males. The Form-5 Self-concept Questionnaire
(AF-5) was used to measure adolescents’ self-concept. There was a reduction in adolescents’ overall
self-concept during the COVID-19 pandemic, which was positively associated with emotional
well-being, with family and peers being essential factors in the development of an appropriate
self-concept. Furthermore, girls’ self-concept, especially academic self-concept, was higher than
that of boys during the lockdown. However, both physical and emotional self-concept were higher
for boys than girls before the COVID-19 lockdown, although no differences were found during the
lockdown. The findings reveal that physical activity was positively correlated to self-concept before
and during the COVID-19 lockdown.},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Self-concept},
keywords = {Physical activity},
keywords = {Lockdown},
keywords = {COVID-19},
keywords = {Adolescents},
title = {Analysis of Self-Concept in Adolescents before and during COVID-19 Lockdown: Differences by Gender and Sports Activity},
doi = {10.3390/su12187792},
author = {González Valero, Gabriel and Zurita Ortega, Félix and Conde-Pipó, J.},
}