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The Role of Social Appearance in Hungarian Young Athletes



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Bollók Sándor, Takács Johanna, Vingender István

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DOI:10.17265/2161-6248/2011.12B.014

Semmelweis University, Budapest,Hungary

In our research, we were aiming to find answers to high school students (those who are interested and those who are not interested in sports) knowledge and maintenance of their own body. In our study, 600 students (ages between 17 and 19) participated filling out multiple choice questionnaires. Results show that the appearance and clean physique is extremely important amongst high school students. Both girls and boys believe that exercising has a major role in forming our body. Young adults also believe that appearance is important in choosing work, carrier, fame, love and successful inter-relationships. We have also studied the parallel between the inner/outer appearances within oneself. Sixty-nine point two percent of the students believe inner/outer self is in balance and sport is establishing better self security. The importance of human body is not only biology, but cultural aspect in social context. This is the reason why the physical education is a guide in emphasizing to forming ones’ body to the person’s social character.

appearance, social aspect, inner/outer features, self-knowledge, exercise