The Effects of a Psychosocial Environment on College Women’s Exercise Regulations and Social Physique Anxiety
Description:
A positive psychosocial intervention comprised of high autonomy support, task-involvement, and caring was implemented in physical activity classes to examine its effects on college women’s basic psychological needs (i.e. autonomy, competence, relatedness), exercise regulations (i.e. external, introjected, identified, integrated, intrinsic) and social physique anxiety (SPA). We hypothesized that at the end of the semester, participants in the intervention group (N = 73) would report greater need…
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Date:
May 2015
Creator:
Alvarez, Ana
Partner:
UNT Libraries