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 4 Correlation analysis for all variables for the group of young Chinese 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	0.07	0.08	0.10	-0.06	0.07	0.01	0.22^*	0.06
Physical Fitness	-0.06	-0.16	-0.04	-0.29^**	-0.14	-0.26^**	0.21^*	0.06
Company of Others	0.07	-0.12	0.10	0.06	0.13	0.03	0.11	0.05
Fit, Shapely Body	0.14	0.00	0.19	-0.08	0.14	-0.04	0.19	0.02
Well-Being	0.00	-0.17	-0.02	-0.06	0.04	-0.15	0.14	-0.01
Fashion	0.17	-0.07	0.04	0.20^*	0.12	0.15	0.06	-0.15
Boosting Confidence	0.24^*	0.02	0.18	0.15	0.25^*	-0.01	0.25^*	0.10
Pleasure from Physical Activity	0.01	-0.18	0.12	-0.12	0.01	-0.23^*	0.22^*	0.07
Escape from Everyday Life	0.29^**	-0.23^*	0.20^*	-0.02	0.32^**	-0.12	0.30^**	-0.15
Managing Stress	0.03	-0.24^*	0.12	-0.02	0.08	-0.16	0.10	-0.20^*
Fulfilling the Need for Activity	0.06	-0.09	0.07	0.16	-0.02	-0.01	0.28^**	0.11
Promoting Physical Activity	-0.07	-0.06	-0.01	0.17	-0.09	0.11	0.13	-0.11
Motivational Value	0.08	-0.04	0.15	0.01	0.04	0.04	0.10	0.09
Time-Management	0.15	-0.15	0.13	0.05	0.20	0.01	0.11	0.04
Persistence in Action	0.37^**	-0.02	0.34^**	0.13	0.35^**	0.17	0.13	0.00
Motivational Conflict	0.00	-0.13	0.10	-0.08	-0.05	-0.04	0.04	0.03

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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