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The purpose of this study was to invest the relationship difference according to elementary school students' physical strength .sociality and their self-esteem. In order to achieve this aim, the study selected 244 sixth graders in M elementary school in Incheon, and determined their physical strength level though a measuring method by items to test in the assessment system of students' health and physical strength. Based on obtained data, the study verified the relationship between the students' physical strength and sociality and their self-esteem by employing the SPSS 15.0 for windows through one-way ANOVA, and gained the following results. First, there was a significant correlation between their physical strength and sociality. The higher was their physical strength level, the more the level of sociality development in sociability, cooperativity, volunteering mind, and responsibility except for planning quality, all of which are sub-areas of sociality was likely to be high. Second, there was a significant correlation between their physical strength and self-esteem. The higher was the physical strength level, the higher was the development level of general self-esteem, scholastic self-esteem, and social self-esteem except for familial self-esteem, all of which are the sub-areas of self-esteem. This result implies that elementary school students' physical strength and sociality portray an important role in the development of their self-esteem. Sociality and self-esteem, which are indispensable factors for self-realization and proper social life, develop remarkably during the elementary school period. Accordingly, it is desirable to promote physical activities for improving physical strength during the elementary school period. With this goal, there is a need to lead elementary school students to perceive the importance of the development of physical strength and to emphasize the normalization elementary physical education.