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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Identity Research

Background:

  • Self-identity influences health behaviors.
  • Understanding implicit and explicit identity is crucial for behavior change interventions.
  • Stereotypes can impact self-perception and identity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between implicit and explicit exerciser and sedentary self-identity.
  • To examine the influence of activated stereotypes on these self-identities.
  • To explore gender differences in implicit and explicit exercise-related self-identity.

Main Methods:

  • 141 undergraduate participants completed essay writing tasks involving exercise or sedentary stereotypes.
  • Implicit identity was assessed using an implicit task.
  • Explicit exercise self-identity was measured using a self-report questionnaire.

Main Results:

  • Implicit and explicit exerciser self-identities were not strongly correlated.
  • No significant effects of stereotype activation (prime effects) were observed.
  • Women exhibited a greater implicit sedentary identity, while men showed a greater implicit exercise identity.

Conclusions:

  • Implicit exercise-related identity is a construct separate from explicit exercise identity.
  • Gender differences in implicit identity may be influenced by societal pressures related to body image (thinness for women, strength for men).
  • Findings highlight the complex interplay between societal expectations, gender, and self-identity in the context of physical activity.