BODY-SHAPE PERCEPTIONS OF ELDERLY WOMEN EXERCISERS AND NONEXERCISERS

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作者
HALLINAN, CJ
SCHULER, PB
机构
[1] Human Performance Studies Program, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
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10.2466/pms.1993.77.2.451
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Perceptions of current and ideal body shape for 49 elderly women exercisers (66 to 88 yr.) and 29 nonexercisers were measured using a nine-figure sihouette scale. Exercisers showed greater difference between current and ideal shape than non-exercisers, but no association was found for age. Further research needs to consider additional socioeconomic factors and be validated from a broader population.
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