The Comparison of Physical Self-concept between Blind Female Athletes and Non-athletes

The aim of this research was to compare athlete and non-athlete blind girls'' physical self-concept. The method of this study was causal-descriptive، and the statistical population consisted of a ll athletes and non- athlete blind girls who referred to the Blind Society of Tehran in 2012 (1390s. c). From all blind athlete girls 45 completed the questionnaire and 63 non-athlete blind girls with mean age of 20 ± 6. 54 were randomly selected. The research instrument was Physical Self-Description Questionnaire (PSDQ) (Marsh et al.، 1994). The r esults of analysis of variance by spss-18 indicated that there are significant differences between the athlete and non-athlete blind girls in the subscales of coordination (P<0. 007)، health (P<0. 028)، physical activity (P<0. 001)، strength (P<0. 014)، endurance (P<0. 022)، sport competency (P<0. 001) and general self-concept (P<0. 001). In all components، except health and physical fat that have been recorded reversely، athlete group had a higher mean. According to the results، it can be concluded that sport and physical activity can increase physical self-concept of female blind population.