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Social physique anxiety and sociocultural attitudes toward appearance impact on orthorexia test in fitness participants
Halmstad University, School of Social and Health Sciences (HOS), Centre of Research on Welfare, Health and Sport (CVHI).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9753-3000
Primary Health Care Research and Development, Council Halland, Falkenberg, Sweden.
Primary Health Care Research and Development, Council Halland, Falkenberg, Sweden.
Halmstad University, School of Social and Health Sciences (HOS), Centre of Research on Welfare, Health and Sport (CVHI).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8345-8994
2008 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, ISSN 0905-7188, E-ISSN 1600-0838, Vol. 18, no 3, p. 389-394Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This study investigates how scores on the Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS) and the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ) relate to Bratman's orthorexia test (BOT) scores with regard to age, sex, and self-reported exercise frequency and duration in a sample of Swedish participants in fitness center activities. A total of 251 participants (166 women and 85 men) completed the SPAS, the SATAQ, and a questionnaire focusing on exercise frequency and duration. The results indicated that the SATAQ subdomain internalization could itself explain the variation in BOT results. In women, the results indicated that exercise frequency, followed by SPAS score and the SATAQ subdomains internalization and awareness, could together explain the variation in BOT results. Fitness centers could make a point of emphasizing that some physical ideals are neither healthy nor realistic, thus strengthening member self-image and preventing social physique anxiety, eating disorders, and negative attitudes toward appearance.

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Copenhagen: Munksgaard Forlag, 2008. Vol. 18, no 3, p. 389-394
Keywords [en]
Fitness center, Physical activity, Appearance
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-1854DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2007.00723.xISI: 000256161800016PubMedID: 18067519Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-44349118719Local ID: 2082/2249OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-1854DiVA, id: diva2:239072
Available from: 2008-09-09 Created: 2008-09-09 Last updated: 2019-09-12Bibliographically approved

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