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Preliminary Exercise Identity Scale (Eis) Norms For Three Adult Samples, Dean F. Anderson, Charles M. Cychosz, Warren D. Franke
Preliminary Exercise Identity Scale (Eis) Norms For Three Adult Samples, Dean F. Anderson, Charles M. Cychosz, Warren D. Franke
Warren D Franke
Sociological traditions suggest that role identities serve to give meaning and importance to past behavior as well as provide direction for future behavior. The Exercise Identity Scale (EIS) was developed to measure the extent to which exercise contributes to an individual's role-identity. This investigation examined age norms on the EIS. Data were collected from three populations including a convenience sample of 203 college students enrolled in three elective health-studies courses (92% Caucasian and 63% female), 441 of 531 (83%) law enforcement employees in a state department concerned with public safety (98% Caucasian and 96% male), and 1253 of 4000 (32%) …
Association Of Exercise Identity With Measures Of Exercise Commitment, Dean F. Anderson, Charles M. Cychosz, Warren D. Franke
Association Of Exercise Identity With Measures Of Exercise Commitment, Dean F. Anderson, Charles M. Cychosz, Warren D. Franke
Warren D Franke
Role-identities are integral parts of the concept of self. Sociological traditions suggest that they serve to give meaning and importance to past behavior as well as providing direction for future behavior. This investigation examined the relationship of Exercise Identity with: age of subject, three measures of exercise commitment, and three physiological indicators of fitness. Data were collected from 448 of the 531 (84%) law enforcement personnel of a state department of public safety during annual physical exams at the university fitness clinic. Ninety-eight percent of the subjects self-identified as Caucasian and 96% were male (mean age = 39, range 21-63). …