Department of Psychology, Tufts University, 490 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
Appetite. 2012 Jun;58(3):786-9. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.01.001. Epub 2012 Jan 18.
Exercise is endorsed for its physiological and psychological benefits, and has been proposed to have positive effects on impression formation. To test this proposal, 62 female and 44 male college students read one of three brief descriptions of either a fictitious male or female "target" student. The descriptions varied only in exercise level: no exercise; moderate exercise and intensive exercise. Participants then rated the fictitious student on 38 personality traits. Ratings of characteristics that are associated with exercise (e.g. athletic; energetic) increased, while ratings associated with the lack of exercise (e.g. lazy; weak) decreased as a function of the reported level of exercise. Exercise level also positively influenced ratings of characteristics not related to exercise. These data show that even minimal information about exercise is an important component of first impressions in both men and women.
运动因其生理和心理上的益处而受到推崇，并且有人提出运动对印象形成有积极影响。为了验证这一假设，62 名女性和 44 名男性大学生阅读了三个简短描述中的一个，这些描述分别是虚构的男性或女性“目标”学生的不同运动水平：不运动、适度运动和剧烈运动。然后，参与者根据 38 个个性特征对虚构学生进行评分。与运动相关的特征（如运动、精力充沛）的评分随着报告的运动水平而增加，而与缺乏运动相关的特征（如懒惰、虚弱）的评分则随之降低。运动水平也对与运动无关的特征的评分产生了积极影响。这些数据表明，即使是关于运动的最基本信息，也是男性和女性第一印象的重要组成部分。
