Department of Exercise Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Psychol Health. 2010 Sep;25(7):769-81. doi: 10.1080/08870440902866886.
The present study examined the impact of the exercise leader's gender on the self-presentational concerns of women in a live exercise class. Eighty-seven college-aged non- or infrequent exercisers participated in a group exercise class led by either a female or male instructor. Participants completed measures of Self-Presentational Efficacy (SPE), State Social Anxiety (SSA) and State Social Physique Anxiety (SPA-S) prior to and following completion of a group exercise class. A repeated measures Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA), with time as the within-subjects factor and leader gender as the between-subjects factor, was conducted. A significant main effect for time was found (F(3, 80) = 19.65, p < 0.001). Estimated marginal means indicated that all participants reported significantly higher SPE and lower SSA and SPA-S post-exercise. Completing an exercise class may override any self-presentational concerns that can arise from the exercise environment. Future studies should adopt ecologically valid research designs to gain a clearer picture of self-presentational concerns in exercise classes.
本研究考察了运动指导员性别对现场运动课中女性自我呈现关注的影响。87 名大学年龄段的非或偶尔运动者参加了由女性或男性指导员带领的团体运动课。参与者在参加团体运动课前和课后完成了自我呈现效能（SPE）、状态社交焦虑（SSA）和状态社交身体焦虑（SPA-S）的测量。采用重复测量多元方差分析（MANOVA），以时间为内因素，以领导性别为外因素。发现时间有显著的主效应（F（3, 80）= 19.65，p < 0.001）。估计边缘均值表明，所有参与者在运动后报告 SPE 显著提高，SSA 和 SPA-S 显著降低。完成运动课程可能会消除运动环境中可能产生的任何自我呈现关注。未来的研究应采用生态有效的研究设计，以更清楚地了解运动课中的自我呈现关注。
