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self-perceptions
- guide and motivate behavior
- influence focus and attention
- impact our appraisals
- influence how we react to neg life events
identity
meanings associated with a role
- what it means to be a:
- parent
- exerciser
- physically active person
identifying with a behavior involves
- classifying oneself as a occupant of role
- internalizing role meanings
self-regulatory control system
- identity theory
- identifies provide a standard for behavior
- deviation from identity standard
- process influenced by strength of identification
- neg affect
- motivation to align behavior with identity
research
-strength of exercise identity is pos related to exercise behavior: cross sectional and prospective support: -weekly min of exercise -weekly frequency of exercise -indicates of physical fitness -weekly frequency of exercise
research 2
- exercise identity strength is associated with variables known to known to be important in the self-regulation of:
- exercise self-efficacy
- exercise intentions
- exercise plans
- internal motivation for exercise
exercise and health identity challenges
in general: a strong exercise identity is associated with responses to identity challenges that suggest people will work hard to maintain that identity- behavior match
exercise identity: mechanisms
-self-efficacy mediates the relationship between exercise identity and exercise behavior
exercise identity: what do we know?
identifying with exercise is positively associated with:
-exercise
-variables known to aid in exercise self-regulation
-adaptive response pattern to identity challenges
exercise identity may influence PA in part through self-efficacy
fostering positive exercise identities
-identities are relatively stable
-but change over time has been demonstrated
-critical periods for identity change:
life transition or life changing event (uni, children)
when person begins an exercise program
-suggestions for how to change identity are scarce
fostering positive exercise identities: possible selves
-forming and reflecting upon a possible self should impact identity
possible selves
- what we hope (or fear) we will become
- more than goals
- goal: i could exercise
- possible self: i could become an exerciser and that would look like….
- serve as incentive for behavior
possible selves: past PA research
- reflecting on an exercise- related possible self (pos or neg)
- exercise behaviors of 4 and 8 weeks
fostering pos exercise identities
- draw on existing models/theory
- physical activity self-definition model
- possible selves literature
the physical activity self-definition model
- cross sectional support for model among active samples
- model should serve as a framework for understanding the process of identification