Influence of a recreational physical activity program in self-esteem institutionalized elderly

• Autor(a) principal: Mourão, Camila Anastacio
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Silva, Naelson Mozer
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Ciências do Envelhecimento Humano (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://seer.upf.br/index.php/rbceh/article/view/494

Aging is caused by molecular and cellular changes that lead to progressive functional losses of the organism as a whole. The quality of life in third age can be influenced by some aspects such as the physical aspect and the psychological aspect, characterized by losses in self-esteem that is from the positive or negative attitudes that the person has of it self. The recreational physical activities seem to give the individual the opportunity to have a feeling of success which in turn enhances self-esteem. This study aimed to verify the effects of a recreational physical activities program on self-esteem in institutionalized elderly. The search was characterized as descriptive and as a search tool and was used the questionnaire of self-esteem that was developed by Steglich (1978) and applied like individual interviews. To evaluate the variable self-esteem and its status as high or low was made a point of cutting the following the classification (41 - 163 points = low) and (164 - 205 points = high). The treatment was used for descriptive and analysis of the data "t" test Student independent level of significance (p