The Impact Of Moderate-Intensity Basketball Intervention On The Physical Self-Esteem And School Adjustment Of High School Freshmen

Objective:This study conducted an 8-week experiment with the basketball sports intervention program to explore the relationship between the basketball sports intervention program and the physical self-esteem and school adjustment of senior high school students,providing references for senior high school students’ school adjustment and related research.Methods:Using convenient sampling,88 students in two classes of grade one in a senior high school in Changzhou were selected as the experimental research objects,and were randomly divided into experimental group(basketball)44 people(20 male and 24 female);Control group(routine physical education)44 people(23 male and 21 female).The exercise intervention lasted for 1 weeks,twice a week,with a total of about 30 minutes of moderate intensity exercise each time;The control group had normal sports activities,and the exercise intensity was not monitored.The Physical Self-esteem Scale and the School Adaptation Scale were used to measure the data before and after the experiment in a group manner.All data were statistically analyzed with SPSS26.0.Results:(1)After 12 weeks of basketball intervention,the post test level of school adaptation of senior one students was significantly higher than the pre-test(p<0.01),and the post test level of physical self-esteem was significantly higher than the pre-test(p<0.01).(2)Basketball intervention can directly affect the school adaptation of high school students,but also indirectly affect the school adaptation through physical self-esteem.The direct effect was 86.79%,and the indirect effect was 13.21%.Conclusion:(1)Intervention of moderate intensity basketball can improve high school students’ school adaptation and physical self-esteem.(2)Intervention of moderate intensity basketball can directly improve high school students’ school adaptation,and can also improve school adaptation by improving individual physical self-esteem.Physical self-esteem plays a partial intermediary role between basketball and school adaptation.