COMPARISON OF DIMENSIONS OF SELF-CONCEPT AMONG STUDENTS OF SPORT AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION, PSYCHOLOGY AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.

The research was conducted on the sample of 160 students of the University of Nis, 60 of whom were students of the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, 60 students of Psychology and 40 students of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. 76 male and 84 female examinees participated in this research. For examining of the self-concept dimensions, the Self Concept Scale (Opacic, 1995.) was used. It measures the following dimensions: emotionality-rationality, rigidness, misanthropy, moral negativity, locus of control, global self-esteem, sex attraction, evaluation by others, physical and intellectual abilities. The results poinedt toward the existence of statistically important differences between the students of sport and physical education and students of psychology regarding the distinctiveness of the following dimensions of selfconcept: misanthropy, moral negativity, global self-esteem, as well as the physical and intellectual abilities. Comparing the dimensions of self-concept the between students of sport and physical education and the future mechanical engineers, a statistically important differences has been distingueshed in regard to the following dimensions: evaluation by others and the physical ability. The overcome results, to a certain extent, could be explained by the knowledge and experience gained during the studying. Statistically important differences in dimensions of self-concept regarding sex differences of the examinees can be considered within the scope of cultural and social influence on the development of the self concept within the individuals. Therefore, these differences can not be neglected during the examination of the overcome results when comparing the students of different study groups, because of specificity of the sex structure of the examinees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]