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01-06-2013

Development and Validation of the Social Exercise and Anxiety Measure (SEAM): Assessing Fears, Avoidance, and Importance of Social Exercise

Auteurs: Cheri A. Levinson, Thomas L. Rodebaugh, Andrew R. Menatti, Justin W. Weeks

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment | Uitgave 2/2013

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Abstract

In two studies (N = 416; N = 118) examining responses from undergraduates, we developed the Social Exercise and Anxiety Measure (SEAM) and tested its factorial, convergent, and divergent validity. Our results demonstrate that the SEAM exhibits an excellent three factor structure consisting of the following subscales: Social Exercise Self-efficacy, Gym Avoidance, and Exercise Importance. In both studies, Social Exercise Self-efficacy correlated negatively, and Gym Avoidance correlated positively with social interaction anxiety, fear of scrutiny, and fear of negative evaluation. Exercise Importance correlated positively with frequency of exercise and frequency of public exercise. Implications for the mental and physical health of individuals with high levels of social anxiety are discussed.
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We also tested a model that removed item 10 from the exercise importance (EI) subscale because of its reference to exercise as a social activity. Fit for this model was adequate to good (CFI = 0.97: TLI = 0.97; RMSEA = 0.10). Note that, when item 10 is removed from the exercise importance subscale, there are significant correlations between exercise importance and social interaction anxiety (r = −0.19, p = .004) and fear of scrutiny (r = −0.15, p = .024). However, we did not remove item 10 from main analyses because there were no indications that removing it improved psychometric properties of the measure.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Development and Validation of the Social Exercise and Anxiety Measure (SEAM): Assessing Fears, Avoidance, and Importance of Social Exercise
Auteurs
Cheri A. Levinson
Thomas L. Rodebaugh
Andrew R. Menatti
Justin W. Weeks
Publicatiedatum
01-06-2013
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment / Uitgave 2/2013
Print ISSN: 0882-2689
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3505
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-012-9326-1

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