The Relationship of Participation in Sports and Physical Activity to Body Objectification, Instrumentality, and Locus of Control Among Young Women - Parsons, Elizabeth M.; Betz, Nancy E. (Psychology of women quarterly, 2001)
Keywords: Athletes; Beauty; Body consciousness; Body image; College students; Exercise; Females; Femininity; Feminism; Feminist psychology; High schools; Instrumental behaviour; Internalization; Locus of control; Masculinity; Masculinity-Femininity; Participation; Personal appearance; Physical activity; Physical fitness; Predictors; Psychological functioning; Psychology; Secondary schools; Selfobjects; Shame; Sports; Sports participation; Stereotypes; Students; Universities; USA; Women; Womens studies; Young women