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Exercise Identity and Its Relation to Self-Presentation Concerns in Males and Females.
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Research Quarterly for Exercise & Sport . Sep2023, Vol. 94 Issue 3, p707-714. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Purpose: It has been determined that exercise identity is a key component of the self-concept and is a strong determinant of exercise behaviors. The purpose of the present study was to examine exercise identity's relationship with three key self-presentational variables: self-presentational efficacy, social physique anxiety, and impression motivation. Methods: We looked at how exercise identity contributed uniquely to predicting exercise behavior over and above these self-presentational concerns for both males 10 (n = 140) and females (n = 234) recruited from two university communities. Participant's age ranged from 18–68 years, the majority identified as students, and as Caucasian. Results: The analyses demonstrated that exercise identity was positively correlated with self-presentational efficacy and unrelated to social physique anxiety in both genders. Further analyses revealed that exercise identity contributes a significant amount of variance toward exercise behavior over and above what is accounted for by self-presentational efficacy, social physique anxiety, and impression motivation. Lastly, exercise identity did not moderate the social physique anxiety-exercise relationship in either gender. Conclusion: These findings advance our knowledge of exercise identity and its relationship with various important constructs has been determined that exercise identity is a key component of the self-concept and is a strong determinant of exercise behaviors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *SOCIAL anxiety
*SELF-presentation
*FEMALES
*MALES
*SELF-perception
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02701367
- Volume :
- 94
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Research Quarterly for Exercise & Sport
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 171808095
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2022.2047151