Construct validation of a state version of the Social Physique Anxiety Scale among young women

Body Image ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen A. Martin Ginis ◽  
Elisa Murru ◽  
Catherine Conlin ◽  
Heather A. Strong
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Construct Validation ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Social Physique Anxiety ◽  
The Social

Social Physique Anxiety: Personality Constructs, Motivations, Exercise Attitudes, and Behaviors

1996 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 963-972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina M. Frederick ◽  
Craig S. Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Exercise Adherence ◽  
Body Awareness ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Social Physique Anxiety ◽  
Demographic Information ◽  
Personality Variables ◽  
Participation Motivation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Public Body

Social physique anxiety is a feeling of distress associated with the perceived evaluation of one's physical self. Since its inception, the construct has been associated with a variety of exercise-related constructs including perceived competence, self-consciousness, and the exercise milieu individuals choose. The present purpose was to relate social physique anxiety to participants' attitudes toward exercise, adherence behaviors, participation motivation, personality variables, and emotional attitude toward exercise. 326 university fitness-center participants were surveyed and asked for demographic information, to self-report their exercise habits, and to answer questions measuring the construct, motivation, personality, and attitudes toward exercise. Women had higher scores on the Social Physique Anxiety Scale than men; individuals who scored high were more likely to endorse extrinsic motives for exercise than individuals scoring low on the scale, and high scores were indicative of higher public body awareness. Individuals with high scores on the Social Physique Anxiety Scale exhibited an emotional profile similar to addicted exercisers. Given these results, implications for alleviation of such anxiety were discussed.

Tie Measurement of Social Physique Anxiety

1989 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Hart ◽  
Mark R. Leary ◽  
W. Jack Rejeski
Keyword(s):  
Body Fat ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Social Physique Anxiety ◽  
Validity Data ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Percentage Of Body Fat ◽  
The Social ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

A 12-item self-report scale was developed to assess the degree to which people become anxious when others observe or evaluate their physiques. The Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS) demonstrated both high internal and test-retest reliability. It also correlated appropriately with concerns regarding others' evaluations and with feelings about one's body. Validity data showed that women who scored high on the SPAS were heavier and had a higher percentage of body fat than those who scored lower. In addition, high scorers reported significantly greater anxiety during a real evaluation of their physiques, further supporting the validity of the scale. Possible uses of the SPAS in basic research involving physique anxiety and in applied fitness settings are discussed.

Factorial Validity and Invariance Testing of the Swedish Social Physique Anxiety Scale: Arguments for Gender-Specific Scales

2004 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 492-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magnus Lindwall
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Factorial Validity ◽  
Social Physique Anxiety ◽  
Invariant Factor ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Cultural Variations ◽  
Invariance Testing ◽  
The Social ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Gender Specific

This study examined the factorial validity and factorial invariance across gender of the 9-item and two 7-item previously supported unidimensional factor models of the Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS; Hart, Leary, & Rejeski, 1989) in two samples of Swedish male and female university students. Results demonstrated that the Motl and Conroy (2000) 7-item model made the closest ft to data in both the male and female samples. None of the two 7-item models demonstrated invariant factor variances or item uniqueness across gender. Moreover, the factor loadings were not invariant in the Motl and Conroy models. Gender differences in SPAS factor structure, linked to cultural variations in measurement equivalence and future development of gender specific scales, are discussed.

The Social Physique Anxiety Scale: Reliability and Construct Validity

1996 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 420-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trent A. Petrie ◽  
Nancy Diehl ◽  
Rebecca L. Rogers ◽  
Courtney L. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Social Physique Anxiety ◽  
Scale Reliability ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals A comparison of physical anxiety levels in adolescent and young women with polycystic ovary syndrome and in other healthy adolescent and young women in a university hospital, Turkey

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 515-522
Author(s):  
Mesude Duman ◽  
Yeter Durgun Ozan
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Polycystic Ovary ◽  
Study Data ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Social Physique Anxiety ◽  
Health Care Practice ◽  
Healthy Adolescent ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social

PurposeThis study was conducted to investigate the Social Physique Anxiety (SPA) level in adolescent and young women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).Design/methodology/approachThis is a descriptive study. It was conducted in Turkey. The study was conducted from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. It was completed with a total of 150 young women – 75 of them had PCOS and 75 of them were healthy. Study data were collected using demographic information form and Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS).FindingsThe study was found that the adolescent and young women with PCOS had higher subscales and total scores for total SPAS at a statistically significant level than healthy adolescent and young women (p < 0.05).Practice implicationThe findings of this study may be used for planning and implementing interventions in health-care practice such as screening and early treatment of SPA of women with PCOS.Originality/valueIt was found that PCOS in adolescent and young women increased the SPA level. In line with these results, health professionals must be particularly aware of the potential psychosocial and health needs of adolescent and young women with PCOS.

Women's Anxiety about Social and Exercise Settings

2002 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 700-702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicki R. Walton ◽  
Mel E. Finkenberg
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Social Physique Anxiety ◽  
New Members ◽  
The Social

This study involved a comparison of social physique anxiety, assessed through the application of a modified version of the Social Physique Anxiety Scale, with 28 women who were new members exercising at all-female facilities compared to 43 new female members exercising at coeducational facilities. Analyses indicated there were no significant differences in means between the groups. The scores of women attending all-female facilities were significantly more influenced by the sex of members when choosing a facility.

The Social Physique Anxiety Scale

1993 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 1049???1053 ◽  
Author(s):  
EDWARD McAULEY ◽  
GRETCHEN BURMAN
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Social Physique Anxiety ◽  
The Social
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