PERSONAL INCENTIVES FOR EXERCISE AND BODY ESTEEM - A CANONICAL CORRELATION-ANALYSIS

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.