International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences © 2013 Available online at www.irjabs.com ISSN 2251-838X / Vol, 4 (8): 2303-2305 Science Explorer Publications Comparing of emotion controlling and evaluation of body imagination among athletes and non-athletes Morteza Azizi 1 , Rashid Jabbarov 2 , Tavakkol Mousazadeh, Seyed Farzad Kalami 4 1. Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Sarab Branch, Iran 2. Department of Psychology, Baku State University, Azerbaijan. 3. Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil Branch, Iran 4. Master of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Khalkhal Branch, Iran Corresponding Author: Morteza Azizi ABSTRACT: The survey is a Comparing survey and is performed in other to compare emotions controlling and evaluation of body imagination among athletes (body building) and non-athletes. Forty body building athletes and forty non-athletes completed fisher’s evaluation questionnaires and Williams and Kamels emotion controlling questionnaires. The results show that: -the control of anger among (body building) athletes group is more than non-athlete group. - The evaluation of body imagination among (body building) athlete group is better than non-athletes group. -the level of positive emotion is athlete group is more than non-athletes group. -depression mood in athletes group is less than non-athletes group. Key words: body building, emotion controlling, body imagination INTRODUCTION Recently, exercise psychology course has turned to an important behavioral science and afield for professional activities .exercise psychology has been known as a well –known profession which needs to skill and well training on psychology and exercise science. (Anthill, 2000). Although, the first exercise psychology university was established by Griffith in us. Ilifuise university in 1952, but acceptance of exercise psychology , being known formally by American psychology association in 1984 , obtained academic aridity . in 1982 , united states Olympic committee divided exercise psychologists services into three extended branches in clouding clinical services , training and educational services and investigational services. Todays, psychology contains multi – dimensional scientific field of studying and performance. After the war , the form of an ideal body changed and youngest liked to have a big , powerful and more aggressive body . but new ideal has bring new techniques , machines and feeding programs . using hormones to grow muscles among youngest has been developed . recently , body builders try to grow their muscles during the year and a few menthes before the race try to burn their extra fat by eliminating calories and increasing exercises. One of the most interesting subjects for exercise psychologists is to consider and compare personality and mental characteristics of athletes to non-athlete people, and considering reactions of exercise and psychological variables. In the study which was conducted in Urgan university in 1995, relating to affections of exercise on depression, 354 college students were considered. Among them, a group was known as athletes group. A little amount of doing exercise can delay the reduction of cognitive abilities witch occurs by aging (christen yare, California university, 2001) In this study, attending to the importance of the matter , it has been tried to evaluate body building athletes according to two psychological variable , controlling of emotions and evaluation and comparing of the imagination of body to non-athletes . Debora, lepton (1998) states that the picture which every body has made in her /his mind. About him self or her self body , influences on his /her understanding and experience of physical emotions . (Self-image) or self-identity means a perspective or comprehension which one has about him/her self. the main axis of this imagination includes a persons name , his/her feeling about his/her body , his/her imagination of his/her body , sexuality , age and profession , social ranking , religious and etc. every one’s [body image] makes a