Self-Schemata and Exercise

Kendzierski, Deborah

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“…However, studies suggest that the behavioural regulatory consequences of positively and negatively valenced self-schemas differ in important ways. Persons with a positive self-schema in a behavioural domain demonstrate higher levels of commitment and persistence in the domain, articulate more fully developed plans and strategies for reliable behavioural performance, experience more positive affect while engaged in the domain, and are more likely to follow through on their behavioural intentions than those with equal level of intention but no related self-schema (Cross & Markus, 1994;Estabrooks & Courneya, 1997;Kendzierski, 1988;Kendzierski & Whitaker, 1997). In contrast, negatively valenced self-schemas are associated with anxiety, behavioural inhibition, low levels of involvement in the domain and contextually dependent evaluations of the self (Andersen & Cyranowski, 1994;Cyranowski & Andersen, 1998;Lips, 1995;Markus, Hamill, & Sentis, 1987).…”

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Identity impairment and the eating disorders: content and organization of the self‐concept in women with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa

Stein¹,

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2006

Euro Eating Disorders Rev

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Identity impairment and the eating disorders: content and organization of the self‐concept in women with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa

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Corte²

2006

Euro Eating Disorders Rev

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“…Studies have found that exerciser schematics were more likely to start exercise and reported higher levels of exercise than did the other two groups (Kendzierski, 1988(Kendzierski, , 1990b.…”

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Exercising the Self: On the Role of Exercise, Gender and Culture in Physical-self Perceptions

Lindwall¹

2004

PsycEXTRA Dataset

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In modern society, individuals constantly pass judgments on their own body and physical competence as well as that of other people. All too often, the verdict is less favourable. For the person, these physical self-perceptions (PSP) may negatively affect global self-esteem, identity, and general mental well being. The overall aim of this thesis is to examine primarily the role that exercise, but also the roles that gender and culture, play in the formation of PSP. In Study I, using confirmatory factor analyses, strong support for the validity of a firstorder, and a second-order hierarchical and multidimensional model of the Physical Self-Perception Profile (PSPP: Fox & Corbin, 1989) was found across three national samples (Great Britain, Sweden and Turkey) of university students. Cross-cultural differences were detected, with the British sample demonstrating higher latent means on all PSPP subdomains except for the physical condition subdomain (Condition), than the Swedish and Turkish samples. In Study II, a higher self-reported exercise frequency was associated with more positive PSP (in particular for Condition) and more importance attributed to PSP in Swedish university students. Males demonstrated higher overall PSPP-scores than females. In Study III, a true-experimental design with randomisation into an intervention and a control group was adopted. Strong support for the effects of an empowerment-based exercise intervention programme on PSP and social physique anxiety (SPA) over six months for adolescent girls was found. The relations of exercise, gender and culture with PSP, SPA and self-esteem are discussed from the standpoints of a variety of theoretical models (e.g., the EXSEM-model), and frameworks (self-presentation and objectification theory). The two theories of self-enhancement and skilldevelopment are examined with regard to the direction of the exercise-physical self relationship and motivation for exercise. Arguments for the relevance of exercise and PSP for practitioners in promoting general mental well-being and preventing modern-day diseases are outlined. Brown, 1998; p. 193). "It is pretty well understood now that the result of physical training is to train the nervous centres more than the muscles"(James, 1899; p. 220). AcknowledgementsThe work presented in this doctoral dissertation was supported financially by the following institutions: The Department of Psychology, Stockholm University;The Swedish National Center for Research in Sports (CIF); The School of Social and Health Sciences, Halmstad University and Stockholm University College of Physical Education and Sports.Writing a doctoral dissertation can be described as being stranded (fortunately mentally more than physically) on a deserted island for four years. In the quest for survival in the academic jungle (i.e. in the context of writing a PhD dissertation, to finish in the predetermined time of four years), the famous philosophical quotation from the poet and theologian John Donne (1573-1631):"No man is an island, entire ...

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“…They are established in domains that the individual values, and they reflect the time and effort invested in the domain (Markus, 1977). To date, studies have documented the availability of self-schemas in a variety of behavioral domains including body weight (Markus, Hamill, & Sentis, 1987), exercise (Kendzierski, 1988), sex roles (Markus, Crane, Bernstein, & Siladi, 1982), independence (Markus, 1977;Stein & Markus, 1990), and academic performance (Stein, 1994).…”

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“…People vary not only according to the number of self-schemas, but also in the particular domains that are claimed as part of the self (Deux, 1991;Stein, Markus, & Roeser, 1995). Studies have shown that people differ according to whether the domains of health, exercise, and body weight are included as a part of the self-definition, and this source of individual difference has been linked to a number of health-related behavioral outcomes (Hooker & Kaus, 1992;Kendzierski, 1988;Markus, Hamill, & Sentis, 1987).…”

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The self-schema model: A theoretical approach to the self-concept in eating disorders

Stein

1996

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

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Over the last several decades, the self-concept has been implicated as a important determinant of eating disorders (ED). Although considerable progress has been made, questions remain unanswered about the properties of self-concept that distinguish women with an ED from other populations, and mechanisms that link the self-concept to the disordered behaviors. Markus's self-schema model is presented as a theoretical approach to explore the role of the self-concept in ED. To show how the schema model can be integrated with existing work on the self-concept in ED, a framework is proposed that addresses the number, content, and accessibility of the self-schemas. More specifically, it is posited that a limited collection of positive self-schemas available in memory, in combination with a chronically and inflexibly accessible body-weight self-schema, lead to the disordered behaviors associated with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.

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Self-Schemata and Exercise

Cited by 102 publications

References 26 publications

Identity impairment and the eating disorders: content and organization of the self‐concept in women with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa

Identity impairment and the eating disorders: content and organization of the self‐concept in women with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa

Exercising the Self: On the Role of Exercise, Gender and Culture in Physical-self Perceptions

The self-schema model: A theoretical approach to the self-concept in eating disorders

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