The Effects of Physical Pride, Body Shame and Social Influence, on Body Supervision and Sports Participation in Structural Equation Approaches

The present study aimed to investigate the effects of physical pride, body shame, and social influence on women's body monitoring and sport participation with a structural equation approach.
The statistical population of the study consisted of women in Tehran province. Based on an optimal sample size of 281 acceptable samples were collected on social media. The McKinley and Hyde (199) questionnaire, the Hang et al. (2011) questionnaire, and the modified physical activity questionnaire were the measuring tools.
External model evaluation confirmed the research instrument. The results of fitting the internal model also showed the fit of the internal model. The results of fitting the internal model also showed the fit of an internal model. Results showed that body shame (0.52), physical pride (0.25), and social influence (0.15), finally, bodybuilding had a positive and significant effect on sport participation of women (0.46).
Finally, more attention to body monitoring in women leads to a higher level of athletic participation. Engaging in sports can be a factor in the strengthening of monitoring bodies such as reducing the shame of the body, and increasing pride in the physical and social influence among women, which is a sign of social and mental health of women has it.