Social physique anxiety and perceived exercise behavior
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ABSTRACT:
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between social physique anxiety and exercise behavior. A secondary focus was to determine the moderating effects of gender, age, and depression in the social phsyique anxiety-exercise behavior relationship. Participants included 120 males and 180 females ranging in age from 18 to 60 years (S = 25.7, SD = 9.7). Subjects completed the Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and the Minnesota Heart Health Program Leisure Time Physical Activity Questionnaire (MHHP). Pearson Product-Moment Correlation analyses indicated that the magnitude of the relationship between SPAS and MHHP was most significant within males, 18-30 years old with lower (r = -.54, p is less than .05) and higher (r = -.48, p is less than .05) BDI scores. Regression analysis indicated a significant negative relationship between SPAS and MEEP scores F (1,298) = 19.02, p is less than .0001, R2 = 6 percent. Hierarchical regression analysis indicated that exercise behavior was best predicted by SPAS scores, gender, age, and depression (F (3,296) = 12.87, p is less than .0001, R2 = 14.86 percent, R2 inc F (3,295) = 10.54, p is less than .05). Therefore, it appears that social physique anxiety is negatively related to exercise behavior and that both the magnitude and form of this relationship are moderated by gender, age, and depression.
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