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dc.contributor.authorBlind, Janet Mary
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-22T03:18:37Z
dc.date.available2017-06-22T03:18:37Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/11280
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to examine SPA and exercise during and after pregnancy. Women enrolled in community ante-natal classes participated in the investigation (Exercisers n = 36; Non-exercisers n = 17). Participants completed the Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS), Reasons for Exercise Inventory (REI), Exercise Behaviours and Preferences Scale and a modified Body Esteem Scale, and provided general demographic and exercise data during pregnancy and 6 weeks and 3 months post-pregnancy. Repeated measures ANOVA indicated that participant reasons for exercise changed significantly over the course of pregnancy from intrinsic to extrinsic, reflecting self-presentational motives. SPA has been found to be positively related to self-presentational motives in previous research, although significant results were not replicated in this study.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectBody imageen_US
dc.subjectPregnancyen_US
dc.subjectExercise for pregnant womenen_US
dc.subjectPsychological aspectsen_US
dc.titleSocial physique anxiety, pregnancy and exercise : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey Universityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M. A.)en_US


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