Commitment to Physical Activity and Anxiety about Physique among College Women

199828 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Mel E. Finkenberg · Stephen F. Austin State University

James M. Dinucci · Stephen F. Austin State University

Sandra L. McCune · Stephen F. Austin State University

Patrick James McCoy · Clear Creek Independent School District

Abstract

This study involved a comparison of scores on the Commitment to Physical Activity Scale and the Social Physique Anxiety Scale by 258 women athletes, kinesiology majors, and a control group. Mean commitment to physical activity of the control group was significantly lower than the means of the other groups; the mean on anxiety about social physique was significantly higher.

Topics & Keywords

Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports Behavioral Health and Interventions Eating Disorders and Behaviors

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Gender equality

Publication Details

Published in: Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volume 87, Issue 3_suppl, pp. 1393-1394

DOI: 10.2466/pms.1998.87.3f.1393

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