Me. Finkenberg et al., PERSONAL INCENTIVES FOR EXERCISE AND BODY ESTEEM - A CANONICAL CORRELATION-ANALYSIS, Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 34(4), 1994, pp. 398-402
Two hundred twelve women and 93 men enrolled in physical education cou
rses were administered the Personal Incentives for Exercise Questionna
ire and the Body Esteem Scale. Canonical correlation was conducted. Fo
r women, it was determined that personal incentives for exercise have
modest predictive power for the weight concern and physical conditioni
ng dimensions of body esteem and very little predictive power for the
sexual attractiveness dimension; the body esteem variates have slight
predictive power for the competition and weight management dimensions
of investment in exercise. For men, it was determined that personal in
centives for exercise have modest predictive power for the physical co
nditioning dimension of body esteem, slight predictive power for physi
cal attractiveness, and none for upper body strength; the body esteem
variate has modest predictive power for the weight management dimensio
n of incentives for exercise and slight predictive power for appearanc
e and affiliation.