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Body Image And Sensation Seeking In Gym-Goers

Acta Facultatis Educationis Physicae Universitatis Comenianae

Volume 55 (2015): Issue 1 (May 2015)

By: Petr Schlegel and Ludmila Fialová

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|Sep 2015

This research aimed to explore a relation between Body image (PSPP) and Sensation Seeking (SSS-V) and to determine gym-goers based on these entities. The research file (N = 182) consisted of gym-goers aged between 24 – 45. The comparison of the tests showed a weak relation (0.25) between PSPP and SST tests and also among the individual subscales. The comparison of men and women did not come up with any significant differences. In terms of Body image, the file showed above-average results, in the case of Sensation Seeking, its score was average. The outcome of our findings is that there is no marked relation between PSPP and SST and the same goes for men and women.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/afepuc-2015-0007 | Journal eISSN: 2585-8777 (formerly 0520-7371)

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Language: English

Page range: 54 - 63

Published online: Sep 30, 2015

Published in print: May 1, 2015

Published by: Sciendo

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Keywords:

physical self perception profile,

sensation seeking,

Related subjects:

Sports and recreation,

Physical education,

Sports psychology,

Sociology of sports,

Sports and recreation, other

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