Relationship between physical activity level and body and sexual satisfaction in costa rican college students

Authors

  • Isaura Castillo Hernández Universidad de Costa Rica
  • José Moncada Jiménez Universidad de Costa Rica
Keywords: Sexual satisfaction, body satisfaction, physical activity level

Abstract

 

The purpose of the study was to describe the relationship between

 

body image satisfaction (BS), sexual satisfaction (SS) and physical activity

level (PAL) in a sample of male and female, single and heterosexual Costa

Rican students. In the study participated 179 students (39 sedentary females,

40 sedentary males, 34 physically active females and 66 physically

active males) with a mean age of 20.4 } 3 yrs. Participants completed the

IPAQ-7, the Sexual Satisfaction Index (SSI) and the Spanish version of the

Multidimensional Body Self Relations Questionnaire (MBSRQ). Two-way

2 x 2 independent groups (Gender x PAL) analysis of variance were computed.

Results indicated no significant correlations between PAL, BS and

the SS in college males and females.

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Published
19-06-2013
How to Cite
Castillo Hernández, I., & Moncada Jiménez, J. (2013). Relationship between physical activity level and body and sexual satisfaction in costa rican college students. Sport Psychology Notebooks, 13(1), 15–24. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/cpd/article/view/177161
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