A BODY CONCEPT

Authors
  • Catia Mary Volp

    Departamento de Educação Física-UNESP Rio Claro, SP

  • Gisele Maria Schwartz

    Departamento de Educação Física-UNESP Rio Claro, SP

  • Silvia Deutsch

    Departamento de Educação Física-UNESP Rio Claro, SP

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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analise and understand imaginary identification of their own body’s myths,enfasising the discussions about body aesthetics. The imstrument used for data collection was a questionnaire with a seven points semantic differential scale. The subjects were 28 undergraduate students enrolled at Biology, Ecology, and Physical Education programs at UNESP - Rio Claro. The data were descriptively analised and lead to the conclusion that body aesthetics notion do not differ among the areas studied. Among the results, only the subjects from the Ecology program showed response index slightly superior from the ones from the other programs. Nevertheless, this difference was not significant. The results pattern exibited by the subjects of the three program enfatizes the mythical sense of the perfect body.
Author Biographies
  1. Catia Mary Volp, Departamento de Educação Física-UNESP Rio Claro, SP
    Atualmente é professor titular da Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho. Tem experiência na área de Educação Física. Atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Dança, Instrumentos de Avaliação, Estados Emocionais. http://lattes.cnpq.br/0871682726299502
  2. Gisele Maria Schwartz, Departamento de Educação Física-UNESP Rio Claro, SP
    Atualmente é professor Adjunto na Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho. Tem experiência na área de Educação Física, com ênfase em Pedagogia do Movimento, linha de pesquisa Estados Emocionais e Movimento, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: psicologia do lazer, atividades físicas de aventura na natureza, educação física. Coordenadora do LEL - Laboratório de Estudos do Lazer. http://lattes.cnpq.br/9893065420927189
  3. Silvia Deutsch, Departamento de Educação Física-UNESP Rio Claro, SP
    ATUALMENTE PARTICIPA DE 3 PROJETOS DE PESQUISA, SENDO QUE COORDENA 1 DESTES. ATUA NA AREA DE EDUCACAO FISICA, COM ENFASE EM ATIVIDADE FISICA. EM SUAS ATIVIDADES PROFISSIONAIS INTERAGIU COM 88 COLABORADORES EM CO-AUTORIAS DE TRABALHOS CIENTIFICOS. EM SEU CURRICULO LATTES OS TERMOS MAIS FREQUENTES NA CONTEXTUALIZACAO DA PRODUCAO CIENTIFICA, TECNOLOGICA E ARTISTICO-CULTURAL SAO: ESTADOS DE ANIMO, MUSICA, DANCAS DE SALAO, EDUCACAO FISICA, GINASTICA RITMICA, ATIVIDADE FISICA, DANCA DE SALAO, EDUCACAO FISICA, DANCA E GINASTICA LABORAL. http://lattes.cnpq.br/9062999999021918
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Published
2008-02-11
Section
Original Articles
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