relationship between level of physical activity with self-esteem, body image concern and body appreciation in veterans

aims paying attention to mental and physical health is very important for all society sections, especially veterans. this study aimed to investigate the relationship between physical activity and self-esteem, body image concern, and veterans’ self-esteem. instruments methods in this descriptive study, the statistical sample consisted of 100 male veterans who did not have any acute problems in physical and physical conditions and were selected by the available sampling method. the instruments used in this study included a demographic questionnaire, shark physical activity, body image concern, self-esteem, and physical self-worth. data analysis was performed using the pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis with simultaneous input of variables and spss 23 software. findings physical activity had a positive relationship with self-esteem (r=0.442; p 0.01) and physical self-worth (r=0.532; p 0.01), and had a negative relationship with body image concern (r=-0.373; p 0.01). p). only the physical self-worth variable (t=2.726; p 0.01) predicted the physical activity. conclusion there is a relationship between physical activity with self-esteem, physical self-worth, and body image concern. the variable of physical self-worth has the ability to predict the variable of physical activity.