Middle-aged Intellectual Exercise, The Body Self-esteem And Life Satisfaction Relationship

As the fast rhythem of life and the fierce social competition, mid-aged intellects' life satisfaction has been given more attention by all circles in society. In order to discuss the factors influencing their life satisfaction, the author does the relationship among physical exercise, body-esteem and life satisfaction with the third variables of the age, the gender and the condition of physical exercise. The study aims at perfecting and enriching the theory about Sport Psychology and Health Psychology and better serving the construction of socialism modernization and the harmonious society.The author selects the chart of Physical Self-perception Profile(PSPP) writeen by Fox etc (1989, 1990) as the measuring tool of body-esteem, the chart of Overall Self-respect Meter written by Rosengerg (1965) as the measuring tool of overall self-respect, the chart of General Life Feeling Meter written by Lung (1992) as the measuring tool of life satisfaction degree, and the self-made meter for investigating mid-aged intellects' condition of participating physical exercise. Five hundred and thirteen people between thirty-five years old and sixty years old have been investigated in nine different cities selected by the development level of economy and location of Henan Provinence. In the same time ninety college students and eighty-nine old intillects have been chosen as the contrast objects for the comparision study. The three meters mentioned in the study have higher interior coincidence coefficient and the questionaire has been shown the higher reliability.The results are as follows:1.The relationship between body-esteem and life satisfaction is different to the mid-aged intellects in different age states.The latitude score of body self-value in the main meter of body-esteem to the mid-aged intellects is lower than that of college students and the old, and their average number of life satisfaction degree is higher than college students' and lower than that of the old; the related analysis about body-esteem and life satisfaction degree shows the related coefficient to mid-aged intellects is the lowest; the analysis of their body-esteem to life satisfaction degree in different ages shows mid-aged intellects' condition of body, body self-value degree and overall self-respect has the reliable prospect to the life satisfaction feeling which has been up to 34. 6%. 2. The related relationship between body-esteem and life satisfaction is different to the male and the female.The average score of body-esteem latitude to the male mid-aged intellects is higher than that of the female while the score of life satisfaction feeling is lower than women' ; all. altitude average numbers of body-esteem are remarkable corelation with life satisfaction feeling between the male and the female, and some latitude numbers have been up to above 0.50, the related coefficient of the male mid-aged intellects' body-esteem and life satisfaction feeling is lower than the female; the predictable variables of life satisfaction feeling is different between the female mid-aged intellects and the male: the male includes self-value feeling, condition of body and overall self-respect, while the female mainly referrs to body attraction, condition of body and overall self-respect and the prospective digit has been up to 39.8%, which is higher than the male by 29.8%.3. The related relationship of body-esteem and life satisfaction degree is different between sports population and non-sports population. .The proportion of male mid-aged intellects which belongs to sports population is higher than the digit stated by the center government, and the proportion of female is lower than that of the average; the average score of mid-aged sports population in body-esteem and life satisfaction feeling is higher than the non-sports population; the related coefficient of the former's self-value feeling, sport ability and overall self-respect with life satisfaction feeling is higher than the latter, and the coefficient is up to be remarkable; the certain differences of predictable variables exist between both: the life satisfaction feeling of the mid-aged sports population has been predicted reliably by the sport ability; the life satisfaction feeling of the mid-aged non-sports population has been predicted reliably by body self-value and condition of body; the predictable digit of mid-aged non- sports population life satisfaction feeling from body self-respect and overall self-respect has achieved to 39. 5% and has the certain difference with the non- sports population of 32. 5%.Several suggestions have put forward:1. Mid-aged intellects should participate physical exercise so as to increase their body self-respect and overall self-respect and then improve their life satisfaction feeling. 2. The related sections should strengthen the propagandization of sports for all and make them notice the importance of participating physical exercise, and meanwhile the legislation and material guarantees should be given by society and the local government.3. College students' insterest of participation and life-long sport opinion should be cultivated and formed so that they are going to build better way of life and increase their life satisfaction feeling.4. The division of labour between family and society should be rationalized for providing women with much more time and energy of participating physical exercise so as to improve female life satisfaction feeling.