Relations between self–assessement, self–confidence and anxiety of teenagers going in for sports and not going in for sports

Problem of the research. It was revealed that the most common reason of all psychosocial problems is insufficient social maturity of a personality, i. e. insufficient social skills (Merrell, 2001; Šniras & Malinauskas, 2006a). The main skills that children and teenagers lack are as follows: better self–assessment, dignity, ability to control emotions, cope with tension, anxiety, and ability to solve conflicts and problems in a constructive way (Šniras & Malinauskas, 2006b). It is said that lack of social skills and problems of social adaptation in childhood and adolescence usually cause physical health problems in later life (Malinauskas et al., 2008), therefore the studies on relations between teenagers' self–assessment, self–confidence and anxiety remain actual. Object of work – relations between self–assessment, self–confidence and anxiety of teenagers going in for sports and not going in for sports. Hypothesis states that going in for sports improves teenagers' self–assessment and self–confidence and reduces anxiety; there is a relation between these things. Aim of work is to determine relations between self–assessment, self–confidence and anxiety of teenagers going in for sports and not going in for sports. Objectives: 1. To determine the peculiarities of self-assessment of teenagers according to the aspects of going in for sports and sex. 2. To analyse peculiarities of self-confidence of teenagers according to the aspects of going in for sports and sex. 3. To determine peculiarities of anxiety of teenagers going in for sports and not going in for sports. 4. To determine relations between self-assessment, self-confidence and anxiety depending on going in for sports or not. Conclusions: 1. After analysing self-assessment of teenagers going in for sports and not going in for sports it was determined that teenagers going in for sports have higher level of self-assessment if to compare them with teenagers not going in for sports (p0,05). It was determined that anxiety related to social stress is higher among teenagers not going in for sports if to compare them with teenagers going in for sports (p<0,05). 4. After analysing relations between self–assessment, self–confidence and anxiety depending on going in for sports or not, it was determined that the fact that teenagers go in for sports is almost insignificant. It was determined that teenagers with higher self–confidence also have higher self–assessment level if to compare them with teenagers with lower level of self–confidence (p<0,05). It was also determined that teenagers who assess themselves adequately if to compare them with those who assess themselves inadequately, have lower level of interpersonal anxiety (p