Examining the relationship between social appearance anxiety, self-confidence, and fitness tendency in sedentary individuals

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between social appearance anxiety and self-confidence levels among sedentary individuals participating in fitness activities and to evaluate the findings through comparative analysis. The sample of the study consisted of a total of 255 participan...

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Autores: Kavas, Elif Tuğçe, Yiğit, Şıhmehmet
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Murcia
Repositorio:DIGITUM. Depósito Digital Institucional de la Universidad de Murcia
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Palabra clave:Social Appearance
Self-Confidence
Sedentary Individuals
Fitness
No relacionado con ningún objetivo de desarrollo sostenible
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spelling Examining the relationship between social appearance anxiety, self-confidence, and fitness tendency in sedentary individualsKavas, Elif TuğçeYiğit, ŞıhmehmetSocial AppearanceSelf-ConfidenceSedentary IndividualsFitnessNo relacionado con ningún objetivo de desarrollo sostenibleThe aim of this study was to examine the relationship between social appearance anxiety and self-confidence levels among sedentary individuals participating in fitness activities and to evaluate the findings through comparative analysis. The sample of the study consisted of a total of 255 participants, including 90 males and 165 females, who attended fitness centers in different provinces during the 2024–2025 period. The study utilized a demographic information form, the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale, and the Self-Confidence Scale. The results indicated that as social appearance anxiety increased, internal self-confidence, external self-confidence, and total self-confidence decreased (p<0.05). No significant differences were found in internal self-confidence, external self-confidence, total self-confidence, or social appearance anxiety scores according to age and gender variables (p>0.05). While no significant differences were found in internal self-confidence, external self-confidence, and total self-confidence scores according to education level (p>0.05), a significant difference was found in social appearance anxiety scores (p<0.05). In addition, no significant differences were found in internal self-confidence, external self-confidence, total self-confidence, or social appearance anxiety scores according to weekly training frequency (p>0.05). In conclusion, this study found a moderate negative relationship between social appearance anxiety and internal, external, and total self-confidence among sedentary individuals.Universidad de Murcia: Servicio de PublicacionesSin departamento asociado20262026© Se2026info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdf12application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10201/235621reponame:DIGITUM. Depósito Digital Institucional de la Universidad de Murciainstname:Universidad de MurciaInglésSin financiación externa a la Universidadinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dnet:digitum_____::53972db5e6bb5edad43fd2d381809ee02026-05-27T12:40:41Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Examining the relationship between social appearance anxiety, self-confidence, and fitness tendency in sedentary individuals
title Examining the relationship between social appearance anxiety, self-confidence, and fitness tendency in sedentary individuals
spellingShingle Examining the relationship between social appearance anxiety, self-confidence, and fitness tendency in sedentary individuals
Kavas, Elif Tuğçe
Social Appearance
Self-Confidence
Sedentary Individuals
Fitness
No relacionado con ningún objetivo de desarrollo sostenible
title_short Examining the relationship between social appearance anxiety, self-confidence, and fitness tendency in sedentary individuals
title_full Examining the relationship between social appearance anxiety, self-confidence, and fitness tendency in sedentary individuals
title_fullStr Examining the relationship between social appearance anxiety, self-confidence, and fitness tendency in sedentary individuals
title_full_unstemmed Examining the relationship between social appearance anxiety, self-confidence, and fitness tendency in sedentary individuals
title_sort Examining the relationship between social appearance anxiety, self-confidence, and fitness tendency in sedentary individuals
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Kavas, Elif Tuğçe
Yiğit, Şıhmehmet
author Kavas, Elif Tuğçe
author_facet Kavas, Elif Tuğçe
Yiğit, Şıhmehmet
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author2 Yiğit, Şıhmehmet
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Sin departamento asociado
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Social Appearance
Self-Confidence
Sedentary Individuals
Fitness
No relacionado con ningún objetivo de desarrollo sostenible
topic Social Appearance
Self-Confidence
Sedentary Individuals
Fitness
No relacionado con ningún objetivo de desarrollo sostenible
description The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between social appearance anxiety and self-confidence levels among sedentary individuals participating in fitness activities and to evaluate the findings through comparative analysis. The sample of the study consisted of a total of 255 participants, including 90 males and 165 females, who attended fitness centers in different provinces during the 2024–2025 period. The study utilized a demographic information form, the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale, and the Self-Confidence Scale. The results indicated that as social appearance anxiety increased, internal self-confidence, external self-confidence, and total self-confidence decreased (p<0.05). No significant differences were found in internal self-confidence, external self-confidence, total self-confidence, or social appearance anxiety scores according to age and gender variables (p>0.05). While no significant differences were found in internal self-confidence, external self-confidence, and total self-confidence scores according to education level (p>0.05), a significant difference was found in social appearance anxiety scores (p<0.05). In addition, no significant differences were found in internal self-confidence, external self-confidence, total self-confidence, or social appearance anxiety scores according to weekly training frequency (p>0.05). In conclusion, this study found a moderate negative relationship between social appearance anxiety and internal, external, and total self-confidence among sedentary individuals.
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