Article: Social physique anxiety, obligation to exercise, and exercise choices among college students.

Article: Symposium: social physique anxiety research and measurement: a 20-year retrospective.(PEER-REVIEWED SYMPOSIA)
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Item 4 of the Social Physique Anxiety Scale (Hart, Leary, &...construct that she called social physique anxiety, and then developed and validated the Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS) in her master...

Article: An examination of self-presentational concern of Turkish adolescents: an example of physical education setting.
Adolescence;  March 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Wilfley, & Rodin, 1995) and social physique anxiety as an important dimension...judged by others is called Social Physique Anxiety (Leafy, 1992). This has...Eklund & Crawford, 1994). Social physique anxiety may also play an important...

Article: Public Self-Consciousness, Impression Motivation, and Social Physique Anxiety: A Comparison of Correlations.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  March 1, 2001 ;     453 words ......appearance of his or her body as social physique anxiety. The exercise environment...impression motivation). Social physique anxiety is heightened when one...exacerbate feelings of social physique anxiety through one's desire to...

Article: Research from Heriot-Watt University in the area of life sciences in adolescents published.(Report)
Life Science Weekly;  March 31, 2009 ;     404 words ...Scientists discuss in 'Social physique anxiety and physical activity in early adolescent...examined the influence of maturation on social physique anxiety, the relationship between social physique anxiety and current and future physical...

Article: Correlates of social physique anxiety in men.(Report)
Journal of Sport Behavior;  December 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Social physique anxiety (SPA) involves anxiety that is...likely to report higher levels of social physique anxiety (Davison & McCabe, 2005), and are more likely to report that social physique anxiety influences their behaviors than...

Article: Predicting change in physical activity, dietary restraint, and physique anxiety in adolescent girls: Examining covariance in physical self-perceptions
Canadian Journal of Public Health;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......physical self-perceptions, social physique anxiety, physical activity, and...group increases in BMI and social physique anxiety and significant decreases...self-perceptions and change in social physique anxiety (r=-0.54) and dietary restraint...

Article: The Effects of Fitness Testing on Social Physique Anxiety and Physical Self-Perceptions.
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  March 1, 2000 ;     412 words ......physical self-esteem and social physique anxiety. Sixty-five students from...participants completed the Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS) and the Physical...self-esteem or raising the social physique anxiety levels of the participants...

Article: Study findings from Missouri State University provide new insights into health research.(Clinical report)
Health & Medicine Week;  September 15, 2008 ;     316 words ......examined relationships among social physique anxiety, obligation to exercise...complete 3 questionnaires: the Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS), Obligatory...appear to be associated with social physique anxiety or obligation to exercise...

Article: The growing epidemic of child and youth obesity - another twist?
Canadian Journal of Public Health;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......body mass index (BMI) and social physique anxiety were noted in this study...change in physical activity, social physique anxiety, physical self-perceptions...linked to increases in social physique anxiety and dietary restraint...

Article: Puberty and physical self-perceptions of competitive female figure skaters: an interdisciplinary approach.(Growth and Motor Development)
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  June 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......its physical correlates, social physique anxiety, and appearance-related...Description Questionnaire and the Social Physique Anxiety Scale. Menarcheal status...skaters reporting lower social physique anxiety were more satisfied with...

Article: Social Physique Anxiety and Eating Disorder Correlates Among Female Athletic and Nonathletic Populations.(Statistical Data Included)
Journal of Sport Behavior;  December 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......self-presentation (i.e., social physique anxiety) and eating disorder correlates...Garner, 1991) and the Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS; Hart, Leary...self-presentational concern of social physique anxiety (i.e., the anxiety that...

Article: Physical Self and Physical Activity Relationships in College Women: Does Social Physique Anxiety Moderate Effects?(Statistical Data Included)
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  March 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......research assessed whether social physique anxiety moderated the relationship...students who completed the Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS), Physical...levels in young women, and social physique anxiety does not moderate this...

Article: Comparison of self-esteem, body satisfaction, and social physique anxiety across males of different exercise frequency and racial background.(Statistical Data Included)
Journal of Sport Behavior;  March 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......body satisfaction and social physique anxiety were examined in college...Cathexis Scale (BCS), and the Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS). A 2 x 3...may have in determining social physique anxiety. Recent interest within...

Article: A children's version of the social physique anxiety scale. (Measurement).
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  March 1, 2003 ;     397 words ......physiques, Hart, Leary and Rejeski's (1989) Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS) was adapted to aversion for children...composition group demonstrated the greatest social physique anxiety, followed by the average group, with the low...