Self-Presentation in Exercise Contexts: Differences Between High and Low Frequency Exercisers |
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| Authors: | Klmberley L. Gammage Craig R. Hall Kathleen A. Martin Ginis |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Physical Education and Kinesiology Brock University St. Catharines Ontario, Canada; School of Kinesiology University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada; Department of Kinesiology McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
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| Abstract: | The present study investigated the relationship between cognitive manifestations of self-presentation (social physique anxiety, self-presentational efficacy, impression motivation, and exercise imagery) and exercise behavior in 235 female exercisers. Each participant completed the Social Physique Anxiety Scale, a measure of self-presentational efficacy, the impression motivation subscale of the Self-Presentation in Exercise Questionnaire, and the Exercise Imagery Questionnaire. The results of a MANCOVA indicated high-frequency exercisers reported higher levels of efficacy expectancy, outcome value, and exercise imagery than did low-frequency exercisers. Semi-partial correlations showed efficacy expectancy, outcome expectancy, and appearance imagery each accounted for significant variance in social physique anxiety, independent of other predictors. Self-presentational efficacy expectancy appears to be a potent variable in both exercise behavior and social physique anxiety. |
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