This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in Web of Science Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C. Articles by Ntoumanis, N. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C. Articles by Ntoumanis, N. Pubmed/NCBI databases Medline Plus Health Information Exercise for Children Exercise and Physical Fitness Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

A Self-determination Theory Approach to the Study of Body Image Concerns, Self-presentation and Self-perceptions in a Sample of Aerobic Instructors

University of Birmingham, UK

Nikos Ntoumanis

University of Birmingham, UK, N.Ntoumanis{at}bham.ac.uk

This study examined motivational predictors of body image concerns, self-presentation and self-perceptions using Self-determination Theory as a guiding framework. Aerobic instructors (N = 149) completed questionnaires measuring general need satisfaction, exercise motivational regulations, body image concerns, social physique anxiety and self-perceptions. Introjected regulation predicted all outcome variables in the expected direction. Intrinsic motivation positively predicted physical self-worth. Further, autonomy need satisfaction negatively predicted body image concerns. Finally, differences existed in need satisfaction, introjected regulation, self-perceptions and social physique anxiety between those at risk of developing eating disorders and those not at risk. The results underline the importance of overall and exercise-specific feelings of self-determination in dealing with body image concerns and low self-perceptions of aerobics instructors.

Key Words: motivational regulations • need satisfaction • the physical self

Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 12, No. 2, 301-315 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1359105307074267


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				C. M. Sabiston, M. H. McDonough, W. A. Sedgwick, and P. R. E. Crocker Muscle Gains and Emotional Strains: Conflicting Experiences of Change Among Overweight Women Participating in an Exercise Intervention Program Qual Health Res, April 1, 2009; 19(4): 466 - 480. [Abstract] [PDF]