@article{ref1,
title="Can stereotype threat and lift visual messages affect subsequent physical activity? Evidence from a controlled experiment using accelerometers",
journal="Health communication",
year="2023",
author="Allen, Camren L. and Montes, Enoch and Hoang, Troy and Romo, Therek and Peña, Jorge and Navarro, Jessica",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="This study investigated how visual messages conveying stereotype threat or lift influenced physical activity performance. Participants (N = 380) were exposed to a stereotype threat, lift, or control condition image and then engaged in a running task. Accelerometers recorded forward-backward movement, upward-downward movement, and sideways balance. Stereotype threat exposure increased state anxiety relative to the control condition. In addition, forward-backward movement was linked to state anxiety and participants' sex. Moreover, women exposed to stereotype threat who experienced increased state anxiety showed reduced forward-backward movement. Men exposed to stereotype lift displayed higher forward-backward movement. Additionally, stereotype threat visual message exposure increased sideways balance activity for women but not for men. Upward-downward movement was unaffected by stereotype threat or lift. We discuss theoretical and practical implications of how exposure to visual stereotypes can influence physical activity performance.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1041-0236",
doi="10.1080/10410236.2023.2277573",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2023.2277573"
}