Commitment to physical activity and anxiety about physique among college women.
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.
Department of Kinesiology and Health Science, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches 75962-3015, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D001828:Body Image; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D018953:Kinesiology, Applied / Q000193:education; D012737:Sex Factors; D013008:Somatotypes; D013177:Sports / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014495:Universities