Trial reportWomen's health (London, England)
Athletic clothing style and comfort: Associations with appearance monitoring, social physique anxiety, and task concentration among women.
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Abstract
backgroundSelf-objectification increases women's appearance monitoring and social physique anxiety (SPA) and diminishes their task-related concentration. Clothing style (tight and revealing (TR) versus loose and concealing (LC)) and preferences (comfort) may predict self-objectification-informed outcomes.
objectivesThis study was designed to examine the influence of athletic clothing style on appearance monitoring, SPA, concentration, and clothing comfort, and tested the association between clothing comfort and self-objectification variables among women.
designWe used an experimental design conducted in a single laboratory session.
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resultsWomen in the TR group engaged in more appearance monitoring and rated their clothing as more uncomfortable compared to the LC group. Poorer comfort ratings predicted higher SPA and lower concentration, after adjusting for trait self-objectification, clothing style, and body size perception.
conclusionThe present study generated methodological, theoretical, and applied impacts. First, this study introduced a novel behavioural method for assessing appearance monitoring through systematic video coding, offering a new approach for examining appearance monitoring in experimental contexts. Second, extending prior research, findings uniquely indicate clothing style is related to objective forms of appearance monitoring. Finally, results suggest encouraging women to wear comfortable exercise clothing may help reduce SPA and improve concentration, highlighting clothing comfort as an important individual difference and extending theoretical understanding of contextual factors relevant to Objectification Theory. Future research should examine objective and covert forms of appearance monitoring and further explore how variations in athletic clothing style and comfort relate to women's body image and cognitive resources.
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