Self-Esteem of College Youth who Exercise and those Who Don't

Branden in 1969 briefly defined self-esteem as "...the experience of being competent to cope with the basic challenges of life and being worthy of happiness". Physical exercise is bodily activity that develops or maintains physical fitness and overall health. It is often practiced to strengthen muscles and the cardiovascular system, and to hone athletic skills. The researcher in the present research aims to make a comparative Study on Self-esteem of College Youth who exercise and who don't exercise. The sample size consisted of 100 respondents who are youths from various colleges. The sampling technique which is used in this study is non-probability sampling, specifically purposive sampling. The Self-esteem Inventory constructed by Karunamdhi et al. (1995) is used to collect the required information.The research design chosen for this study is a Cross-sectional Descriptive research design. The findings reveal that there exists significant difference in the level of self esteem among the youth who exercise and those who don't. College youth who exercise have a higher total self-esteem than those who don't exercise. College youth who exercise due to compulsion have a lower self-esteem than those who exercise due to personal choice.