I Hate My Body! The Relationship Between Social Physique Anxiety, Attitudes, Affect, and Exercise Motivation

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dc.contributor.authorBovell, Candice
dc.contributor.authorWelch, Patrick G.
dc.contributor.authorOtte, Shaylynn
dc.contributor.authorAsmundson, Gordon J. G.
dc.date.accessioned2009-03-02T20:28:16Z
dc.date.available2009-03-02T20:28:16Z
dc.date.issued2008-04
dc.descriptionPoster presented at the 3rd Graduate Students' Research Conference, April 2008.en_US
dc.description.abstractSocial Physique Anxiety (SPA), the fear that others are negatively evaluating one's body (Hart, Leary, & Rejeski, 1989), is found in both men and women and is associated with low-self esteem, depression, and body dissatisfaction (Krane, Waldron, Stiles-Shipley, & Michalenok, 2001; McCreary & Sasse, 2000). SPA has also been found to motivate coping behaviours designed to reduce the anxiety and fear caused by this real or perceived negative evaluation (Kowalski, Mack, Crocker, Niefer, & Fleming, 2006; Sabiston, Sedgwick, Crocker, Kowalski, Mack, 2007). One such potentially adaptive behaviour is exercise; however, the motivation for exercise may be limited to aesthetic improvement, which in turn may affect the enjoyment and persistence of the behaviour. The current investigation examined the associations between SPA, drive for thinness, body dissatisfaction, self-esteem, depression, reasons for exercise, and physical activity enjoyment in an undergraduate sample. Eighty-nine students (35 men and 54 women) from the University of Regina between the ages of 18-46 (M= 21.2 years; SD = 3.8) participated in this study. The results of the study show that SPA is significantly correlated with depression, a desire to be thin, and exercising for appearance or weight management. Comprehensive results, implications, and directions for future research are discussed. An examination of social physique anxiety, drive for thinness, body dissatisfaction, self-esteem, depression, reasons for exercise, and physical activity enjoyment in an undergraduate sample.en_US
dc.description.authorstatusStudenten_US
dc.description.peerreviewnoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10294/1556
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Regina, Graduate Students' Associationen_US
dc.subjectExercise Motivationen_US
dc.subjectPhysical Fitnessen_US
dc.subjectSocial Physique Anxietyen_US
dc.subjectBody Dissatisfactionen_US
dc.subjectSelf-Esteemen_US
dc.subjectAppearance Orientationen_US
dc.subjectDepressionen_US
dc.subjectDesire to be Thinen_US
dc.subjectExerciseen_US
dc.titleI Hate My Body! The Relationship Between Social Physique Anxiety, Attitudes, Affect, and Exercise Motivationen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
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