Abstract

RENDON MORALES, Pablo Anthony; MANANGON PESANTEZ, Richard Manuel; MENDEZ CARVAJAL, Vanessa Carolina  and  PUGA BURGASI, Guillermo Leonidas. Healthy lifestyle habits in relation to physical self-concept in Ecuadorian taekwondo practitioners in times of the "COVID 19" pandemic. Rev Podium [online]. 2023, vol.18, n.3  Epub Sep 01, 2023. ISSN 1996-2452.

The practice of Taekwondo, in the confinement of the COVID19 pandemic, is related to healthy lifestyle habits and physical self-concept. In this sense, the objective of this research was determined to identify the relationships that may occur between the responses to the CAF (Physical Self-Concept Questionnaire) and healthy lifestyle habits of Taekwondo practitioners nationwide. An ex post facto design of a retrospective and correlational nature was implemented, where the independent variables are not susceptible to manipulation, a discretionary non-probabilistic sampling was used, which sample is made up of 423 taekwondo athletes between 12 and 58 years old. The participants completed the Physical Self-Concept Questionnaire (CAF) and the Healthy Life Habits questionnaire. The results prove the importance of Taekwondo confinement training as a contribution to a healthy life, in relation to their own perception of the participants' physical self-concept. It was concluded that the practice of taekwondo during the pandemic contributed significantly to the care and development of healthy lifestyle habits.

Keywords : Physical self-concept; Taekwondo; healthy lifestyle habits; COVID 19..

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