Correlation between the Image of the Future Self and the Motivation of Female Students to Physical Culture and Health Activities

One of the most important condition for qualitative improvement of the physical education process for students is to consider many subjective factors, which determine the specificity of motivation of health-improving activity. Good health significantly expands the list of professional activities, in which a subject is potentially able to achieve high results. The development of the personality is closely connected with the anticipation of the image of the future self. The image of the future self specifies a goal, which arises on the basis of its refinement and giving additional meanings to actions. The ability to set long-term goals is directly related to the hierarchy of the subject's personal values. Accordingly, addictive behavior is not only the result of blocking life values, but also the absence or violation of the image of the future self. However, the lack of the research on the image of the future self including the motivation of students for sports and health activities, determines the relevance of this study. On the basis of the correlation analysis of the motivation factors to health activities (A.A. Kasatkin, 2012) with the subscales of the test of life-meaningful orientations of D.A. Leontyev, we come to a conclusion that in the student environment it is necessary to develop the ability to discover the meanings of health activities in order to correct the reasons for the orientation of students mainly on the emotional reinforcement of classes (mainly -positive emotions), for short- and medium-term goals, and for goals addressed to the past (habits). Thus, female students with a less positive assessment of the present evaluate the overall satisfaction with the process of physical education significantly lower.

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