Exploring Physical Self-Perception Dimensions Among the Youth in Korea.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included) From: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport | Date: March 1, 2000 | COPYRIGHT 2000 American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Chang-Hoon Seong, University of Inchon, Byoung Jun Kim and Taeho Yu, Seoul National University, and Young In Chang, Sunchon National University

The study of physical self-concept and self-esteem has been rejuvenated in the past years (Fox, 1997; Sonstroem, 1997). However, the majority of self-concept research was conducted in the Western cultures (i.e., Europe and North America) with an emphasis on the development of multidimensional physical self scales and the examinat...