Impact Of Self Esteem On Sports Performance of Teenage Girls During Covid-19

Abstract

Self-esteem has effects on athlete performance during the Covid-19 (positive self-esteem has positive effect and negative self-esteem have negative effect). Self-esteem is defined as: Self-esteem is the positive or negative evaluations of the self, as in how we feel about it, in other words: Self esteem means you mostly feel good about yourself. Kids with self-esteem: feel proud of what they can do; see the good things about themselves and believe in themselves, even when they don't do well at first. In research done by Jaffee in 1992 it was shown that “girls aged nine to twelve build self-esteem through challenge, achievement in sports, risk taking experiences and skill development. Older girls derived positive self-esteem through the approval of others and a belief that girls in general are capable and able to play sports well”(Jaffee, 2007). The current pandemic also affects self-esteem, as well as performance of female players. Data collected from teenage girls from different societies of Lahore. The sample of the study is total of 133 athletes. According to the final graph results show that reply 78.9% strongly agree, 17.3% agree, 1.95% neutral, 1.28% disagree, 0.6% strongly disagree that sports activities affect the self-esteem on sports teenage girls during Covid-19.