A study regarding teenagers’ self-image and the importance of physical activities in its formation

AbstractProblem Statement: For a teenager, his image is an essential factor for building future relationships. Purpose of Study: This research started from the hypothesis according to which the individuals’ constant participation at physical education lessons, as well as the presence of physical exercises in their life, increase their self-esteem and improve their self-image as compared to other individuals from the same group, who refuse to practice physical exercises from their childhood, making use of medical exempts. Conclusions: The teenage period is a period of reorganising one's self-image, physical, mental health have a determinant role in the formation of a positive self-image, because one's self-image is determinant for cognitive, affective and physical development of teenagers. Moreover, it stimulates their will, their affective qualities, in order to gain behavioural safety and detachment