Activities in adolescence: Optimal experiences and self-perceptions

• Autor: Calero, Alejandra Daniela
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2016
• Institución: Universidad de San Martín de Porres
• Repositorio: Liberabit
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.ojs3.revistaliberabit.com:article/40
• Enlace del recurso: http://www.revistaliberabit.com/index.php/Liberabit/article/view/40
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Experiencias óptimas; autoconcepto; autoestima; adolescencia

The objective of this study was to compare the levels of optimal experiences (OE) that adolescents report in different activities of the school and out-of-school context and to analyze how these levels are related to self-concept and self- esteem in the adolescent population at Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina (ACBA-AR). For this purpose, the OE Brief Inventory and the Self-Perception Profile were administered to 399 adolescents attending ACBA-AR high schools. We performed an ANOVA with repeated measures with intrasubject main effect to compare the OEs in each activity and a correlation analysis to study the relationship between OE and self-concept and self-esteem. Among the results, we found that adolescents experience higher levels of occurrence of OE in extracurricular activities. With regard to self-concept and self-esteem, the relationships found were in all cases positive and showed differences according to the type of activity in which OE were reported.