SOCIAL PHYSIQUE ANXIETY AND BODY IMAGE SATISFACTION LEVELS OF FEMALE ATHLETES AND NON-ATHLETES
Abstract
The primary purpose of the study was to investigate differences in the social physique anxiety (SPA) and body image satisfaction (BIS) between female athletes and non-athletes, and to investigate the relationship between SPA and BIS. The secondary purpose was to find out the differences in SPA and BIS among athletes in different types of sports (aesthetic, individual & team). 117 female athletes (Mage=19.48±4.49) and 132 female non-athletes (Mage=18.74±2.86) voluntarily participated to this study. Hart, Leary & Rejeski’s (1989) "Social Physique Anxiety" (SPAS) and Berscheid, Walster, & Bohrnstedt’s (1973) "Body Image Satisfaction questionnaire" (BISQ) were administered to participants. MANOVA results revealed an overall significant differences between athletes & non-athletes (Hotelling’s T2=.14; F(2,246)=16.64, p<.05). Follow up univariate analysis indicated significant differences between athletes & non-athletes in social physique anxiety (F(1,247)=26.2, p<.01) and body image satisfaction (F(1,247)=23.87, p<.05) in favor of athletes. MANOVA also indicated overall significant differences among athletes in different types of sports (Hotelling’s T2=.10; F(4,224)=2.66, p<.05). Follow up analysis demonstrated significant differences in BIS level among the groups (F(2,114)=4.82, p<.05) in favor of aesthetic and team sports. Correlation between social physique anxiety and body image satisfaction scores for athletes (r=-.53), non-athletes (r=-.47), aesthetic (r=-.66), individual (r=-.44) and team (r=-.43) sport athletes were all significant at p=.05 and negative. This study indicated that when it comes to other people’s evaluation of ones physique, non-athletes had more negative feelings than athletes. Furthermore, athletes had more positive feelings about their bodies than non-athletes, and social physique anxiety was negatively correlated with body image satisfaction for all groups of the study.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Sports Medicine
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
January 15, 2006
Submission Date
March 13, 2017
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2006 Volume: 11 Number: 1