Socio-cultural attitudes toward the body as a predictor of motivation for physical activity in young people brought up in Asian and European culture—Chinese-Polish comparison

Table 3 Correlation analysis for all variables for the group of young Polish men and women (Spearman’s rho coefficient)

IPAO	SATAQ 3
	Internalization-General		Information		Pressures		Internalization-Athlete
	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
Health	0.13	0.18	0.26^**	0.25^*	0.22^**	0.15	0.32^**	0.05
Physical Fitness	-0.13	0.10	-0.12	0.02	-0.08	-0.20	0.07	0.18
Company of Others	0.03	0.33^**	0.15^*	0.25^*	-0.01	0.07	0.19^**	0.37^**
Fit, Shapely Body	0.28^**	0.17	0.29^**	0.34^**	0.28^**	0.08	0.43^**	0.29^*
Well-Being	0.05	0.00	0.05	0.06	0.02	-0.22	0.19^**	0.24^*
Fashion	0.41^**	0.37^**	0.53^**	0.52^**	0.40^**	0.37^**	0.47^**	0.13
Boosting Confidence	0.42^**	0.19	0.60^**	0.25^*	0.48^**	0.19	0.56^**	0.26^*
Pleasure from Physical Activity	-0.10	-0.22	-0.14^*	-0.22	-0.13	-0.14	0.10	0.10
Escape from Everyday Life	-0.03	0.00	-0.21^**	0.06	-0.084	-0.13	-0.13	0.25^*
Managing Stress	-0.06	0.07	-0.32^**	0.15	-0.18^*	-0.05	-0.24^**	0.20
Fulfilling the Need for Activity	-0.10	0.05	-0.11	0.15	-0.09	-0.09	0.09	0.14
Promoting Physical Activity	-0.01	0.37^**	0.02	0.30^**	0.00	0.20	0.22^**	0.35^**
Motivational Value	-0.02	-0.04	0.14	-0.06	0.06	-0.26^*	0.39^**	0.30^*
Time-Management	0.11	0.15	0.42^**	0.21	0.24^**	0.00	0.60^**	0.26^*
Persistence in Action	0.06	0.21	-0.23^**	0.20	-0.16^*	0.20	-0.42^**	0.03
Motivational Conflict	-0.29^**	-0.07	-0.25^**	-0.14	-0.17^*	-0.18	-0.13	-0.02

Note: SATAQ 3- the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire 3; IPAO- the Inventory of Physical Activity Objectives; ^* P < 0.05; ^** P < 0.01

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