Guo Kai, Huang Qian
School of Economics and Management, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
College of Intelligent Sports Engineering, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Front Psychol. 2025 Jul 8;16:1569009. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1569009. eCollection 2025.
Integrating Expectancy-Value Theory, Basic Psychological Needs Theory, and Social Identity Theory, this study aims to examine the impact of gender stereotypes on female exercise behavior and to test the chain mediation effects of psychological needs satisfaction in exercise and negative exercise emotions.
The study uses adapted scales for gender stereotypes, psychological needs satisfaction in exercise, exercise-related emotions, and exercise behavior to survey 790 women in China.
The results show that gender stereotypes are significantly negatively associated with female exercise behavior. Both psychological needs satisfaction in exercise and negative exercise emotions mediate the relationship between gender stereotypes and female exercise behavior. Furthermore, psychological needs satisfaction and negative exercise emotions also jointly play a chain mediating role.
Addressing gender stereotypes and fostering environments that support psychological needs fulfillment could improve women's engagement in exercise. Future interventions should focus on reducing gender bias in sports and promoting inclusive, supportive exercise environments to enhance women's participation in physical activity.
本研究整合期望价值理论、基本心理需求理论和社会认同理论，旨在探讨性别刻板印象对女性运动行为的影响，并检验运动中心理需求满足和消极运动情绪的链式中介效应。
本研究使用改编后的性别刻板印象、运动中心理需求满足、运动相关情绪和运动行为量表，对790名中国女性进行调查。
结果表明，性别刻板印象与女性运动行为显著负相关。运动中心理需求满足和消极运动情绪均在性别刻板印象与女性运动行为之间起中介作用。此外，心理需求满足和消极运动情绪还共同发挥链式中介作用。
消除性别刻板印象并营造支持心理需求满足的环境，可提高女性参与运动的程度。未来的干预措施应侧重于减少体育领域的性别偏见，促进包容、支持性的运动环境，以提高女性参与体育活动的程度。
