Athletic high school youths self-esteem : a quantitative study of the relationship between athletic youths and self-esteem

Syftet med studien är att undersöka elitidrottande ungdomars självkänsla. Studien omfattar totalt 80 elever från fem olika riksidrottsgymnasium i Sverige. Undersökningen är en kvantitativ studie som genomfördes med en validerad enkät, Self-esteem scale. Resultatet från Self-esteem scale visar att elitidrottande ungdomar har god självkänsla men att det finns en skillnad mellan elitidrottande flickor och elitidrottande pojkar. Undersökningen visar ingen skillnad i självkänsla när det kommer till deltagande i individuell idrott eller lagidrott, dock visar resultatet att flickor inom lagidrott har sämre självkänsla än flickor inom individuell idrott. I resultatet går det inte att urskilja någon skillnad i självkänsla i förhållande till träningsmängdThere is not so much research on psychological problems in elite sport, however during recent years several debates about elite sport and if it is in fact only healthy benefits and what is considered right and wrong for young people's health. The purpose of this study is to investigate young elite athletes self-esteem. The study includes a total of 80 students from five different national sports college in Sweden. The study is a quantitative study made by a validated questionnaire, Self-Esteem Scale. Results from Self-Esteem Scale shows that elite young athletes have good self-esteem but that there is a difference between young elite athletes girls and young elite athletes boys. The study shows no difference in self-esteem when it comes to participation in individual sports or team sports, however, the results show that girls in team sports have lower self-esteem than girls in individual sports. In the result you can not discern any difference in self-esteem in relation to the amount of training