Psychological aspects of professional and amateur athletes with body image

ABSTRACT: To the importance of the matter, it has been tried to evaluate body building athletes according to two psychological variables, controlling of emotions and evaluation and comparing of the imagination of body to non-athletes. The main aim of this research is comparing between two groups of athletes and non-athletes in two variables of body image evolution and the amount of emotion control. The statistical universe includes all athletes of body building in Tabriz who have been involved in body building exercises in sport club has 12 weeks. The statistical sample consists of 50 athletes of body building and 50 non-athlete individuals with average age of 20-25 who have been selected by non-random available technique. The utilized instrument in this research consists of fisher body image evaluation questionnaire(1970) and the questionnaire of emotion control of Williams 1977 after answering by the two groups , data was gathered and analyzed by Spss 16 software according to research hypotheses and the following findings were obtain end :There was meaningful difference in body image evaluation between the two groups. There was meaningful difference in anger control between groups. There was meaningful difference in depressed mood scale between the two groups. There was meaningful difference in positive affection between groups. There was meaningful difference in amount of anxiety control between the two groups.