본 연구는 운동참가자의 참여정도가 신체적 자기개념 증진에 관계가 있는지, 신체적 자기개념이 증진되면 심리적 행복감에 영향을 미치는지, 그리고 운동참여 정도가 심리적 행복감을 향상시키는지에 대한 연구모형을 검증하기 위하여 시도되었다. 연구대상은 부산광역시 KAFA에어로빅 장에서 현재 참가하고 있는 16세-60세까지의 여성 최종분석 대상으로 하였다. 본 연구의 신체적 자기개념 측정은 김병준(2001)의 한국판 신체적 자기개념 척도를 사용하였으며, 신뢰도는 .80~.89로 나타났고, 심리적 행복감은 양명환(1998)의 척도를 탐색한 결과 행복감, 몰입감 등 2개의 요인이 탐색되었으며, 신뢰도는 .80~.87로 나타났다. 운동참여 정도는 참여기간, 참여빈도, 참여시간을 측정하였다. 본 연구모형의 검증은 구조방정식 모형으로 분석하였다. 연구모형의 적합도를 높이기 위하여 수정모형을 통하여 검증한 결과 높은 적합도를 나타냈다. 각 변인간 인과관계에 대한 분석결과 운동참여정도가 신체적 자기개념에 미치는 직접 효과는 높은 것으로 나타났으나 참여정도가 심리적 행복감에 미치는 직접효과는 유의하지 않았다. 그러나 참여정도가 신체적 자기개념을 통한 심리적 행복감에 대한 간접효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 신체적 자기개념은 심리적 행복감을 증진시키는 직접효과가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과로 볼 때 운동을 하면 신체적 자기개념이 향상됨으로써 심리적 행복감도 향상된다는 것을 알 수 있다. 특히, 운동참여가 직접적으로 심리적 행복감을 증진시키는 것이 아니라 신체적 자기개념이 증진됨으로써 심리적 행복감이 높아진다는 것을 알 수 있는 연구결과였다.

This study was to find out how the level of participation in sport activities relates to the improvement of physical self-concept, and how the growing of the improvement in self-perception relating to physique affects on psychological happiness. This study also was to prove that how the research models on the level of participation in sport activities have an effect on an increase of psychological happiness. The subjects on this study were women aged between 16 and 60 participating presently in KAFA in Busan city. The measurement of self-conception in physique consisted of self-conception with regarding to Korean's body was used to measure the level of self-conception (Kim, 2001) with regard to the body. This questionnaires was .80-.89 in reliability. The questionnaires developed by (Yang, 1998) with result of two scales was .80 and .87 in reliability. The level of participation consisted of the length of, frequency of and the time of participation. The test of this study was analyzed by the structural equation modelling. In order to increase the level of reliability for the research model, the proved result through corrected model was found as a high suitability. The level of participation in sport activities based on the results of analysis with the relationships of cause and effect between each dependable factors had an significantly effect on directly the physical self-concept, but the level of participation in the activities had not significantly effect on the sense of psychological happiness. However, the level of participation had indirectly an effect on the sense of psychological happiness through physical self-concept. The physical self-concept having directly an influence on the sense of psychological happiness was very significant effect. Considering this result, when people do some activities in the sports, they feel to improve the sense of physical self-concept. The sense of psychological happiness has improved with an increase of self-conception with own's body. The participation of sport activities has specially not directly improved the sense of psychological happiness but the sense of psychological happiness has increased through the improvement of the physical self-concept.

• 정용각(부산외국어대학교) | Yong Gak Jung
• 김윤정(부산외국어대학교) | Yoon Jung Kim