Anderson and Cychosz (1995) Exploration of the relationship between exercise behavior and exercise identity

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CONTRIBUTORS:

	Author:	Anderson, D. F.
	Author:	Cychosz, C. M.

JOURNAL:

Journal of Sport Behavior (JSB), 18(3), 159 - 166.

YEAR:

1995

PUB TYPE:

Journal Article

SUBJECT(S):

exercise; physical-fitness; employee; self-concept; commitment

DISCIPLINE:

No discipline assigned

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https://secure.sportquest.com/su.cfm?articleno=382848&title=382848

LANGUAGE:

English

PUB ID:

103-343-485 (Last edited on 2002/02/27 18:44:13 US/Mountain)

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ABSTRACT:
Utilizing the perspective that role-identities are integral parts of the concept of self that help give meaning and importance to past behavior as well as direction for future behavior, this investigation examined the relationship of two measures of exercise commitment with a measure of Exercise Identity. Instruments were mailed to 1151 of over 3000 employees of a medical center, and data were obtained from 511, or 45 percent of the sample. Exercise Identity was measured by two Likert-scaled items which asked subjects the extent to which exercise was descriptive of their concept of self. Regression analysis indicated that the behavioral measures of minutes per week of exercise and type of exercise were significantly associated with Exercise Identity (R2=34). Thus, it is suggested that the reciprocal determinism between exercise behavior and Exercise Identity may help explain the maintenance and expansion of physical activity.

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