Table 4.
Correlation analysis for all variables for the group of young Chinese men and women (Spearman’s rho coefficient)
| IPAO | SATAQ 3 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internalization-General | Information | Pressures | Internalization-Athlete | |||||
| Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | |
| Health | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.10 | -0.06 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.22* | 0.06 |
| Physical Fitness | -0.06 | -0.16 | -0.04 | -0.29** | -0.14 | -0.26** | 0.21* | 0.06 |
| Company of Others | 0.07 | -0.12 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.05 |
| Fit, Shapely Body | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.19 | -0.08 | 0.14 | -0.04 | 0.19 | 0.02 |
| Well-Being | 0.00 | -0.17 | -0.02 | -0.06 | 0.04 | -0.15 | 0.14 | -0.01 |
| Fashion | 0.17 | -0.07 | 0.04 | 0.20* | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.06 | -0.15 |
| Boosting Confidence | 0.24* | 0.02 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.25* | -0.01 | 0.25* | 0.10 |
| Pleasure from Physical Activity | 0.01 | -0.18 | 0.12 | -0.12 | 0.01 | -0.23* | 0.22* | 0.07 |
| Escape from Everyday Life | 0.29** | -0.23* | 0.20* | -0.02 | 0.32** | -0.12 | 0.30** | -0.15 |
| Managing Stress | 0.03 | -0.24* | 0.12 | -0.02 | 0.08 | -0.16 | 0.10 | -0.20* |
| Fulfilling the Need for Activity | 0.06 | -0.09 | 0.07 | 0.16 | -0.02 | -0.01 | 0.28** | 0.11 |
| Promoting Physical Activity | -0.07 | -0.06 | -0.01 | 0.17 | -0.09 | 0.11 | 0.13 | -0.11 |
| Motivational Value | 0.08 | -0.04 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.09 |
| Time-Management | 0.15 | -0.15 | 0.13 | 0.05 | 0.20 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.04 |
| Persistence in Action | 0.37** | -0.02 | 0.34** | 0.13 | 0.35** | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.00 |
| Motivational Conflict | 0.00 | -0.13 | 0.10 | -0.08 | -0.05 | -0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
Note: SATAQ 3- the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire 3; IPAO- the Inventory of Physical Activity Objectives; * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01