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Single, physically active, female: The effects of information about exercise participation and body weight on perceptions of young women

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Ginis, KAM; Leary, MR
Published in: Social Behavior and Personality
October 9, 2006

This experiment examined whether information about a woman's body weight moderates the effects of information about her exercise habits on ratings of her personality and physical appearance. In a 3 (target's exercise status) × 3 (target's body weight) factorial design, participants (N = 164) read a description of a young woman described as an exerciser, nonexerciser, or control and who was underweight, average weight, or overweight. They then rated her on various personality and physical-attractiveness dimensions. For the personality ratings, the nonexerciser was rated less favorably than were exerciser and control targets, regardless of her body weight. For the appearance ratings, body weight moderated the effects of exercise habit information such that being underweight countered negative stereotypes associated with being a nonexerciser and being an exerciser countered negative stereotypes associated with being overweight. © Society for Personality Research (Inc.).

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Social Behavior and Personality

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0301-2212

Publication Date

October 9, 2006

Volume

34

Issue

8

Start / End Page

979 / 990

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Psychology
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Ginis, K. A. M., & Leary, M. R. (2006). Single, physically active, female: The effects of information about exercise participation and body weight on perceptions of young women. Social Behavior and Personality, 34(8), 979–990. https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2006.34.8.979
Ginis, K. A. M., and M. R. Leary. “Single, physically active, female: The effects of information about exercise participation and body weight on perceptions of young women.” Social Behavior and Personality 34, no. 8 (October 9, 2006): 979–90. https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2006.34.8.979.
Ginis, K. A. M., and M. R. Leary. “Single, physically active, female: The effects of information about exercise participation and body weight on perceptions of young women.” Social Behavior and Personality, vol. 34, no. 8, Oct. 2006, pp. 979–90. Scopus, doi:10.2224/sbp.2006.34.8.979.

Published In

Social Behavior and Personality

DOI

ISSN

0301-2212

Publication Date

October 9, 2006

Volume

34

Issue

8

Start / End Page

979 / 990

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Psychology
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology