TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - What will they think? The relationship between self-presentational concerns and balance and mobility outcomes in older women
JO  - Experimental aging research
A1  - Lamarche, Larkin
A1  - Gammage, Kimberley L.
A1  - Klentrou, Panagiota
A1  - Adkin, Allan L.
SP  - 426
EP  - 435
VL  - 40
IS  - 4
N2  - Background/Study Context: Indirect evidence suggests that concerns over the impressions made on others (self-presentational concerns) may be associated with balance-related outcomes in older adults, but no empirical evidence exists to support this speculation. The present study examined the relationship between self-presentational concerns (social anxiety, social physique anxiety, and self-presentational efficacy) and functional mobility, accounting for age, balance confidence, falls, and muscle strength. <br><br>METHODS: Healthy women (60 years or older; N = 187) completed measures of self-presentational concerns, balance confidence, and fall history, and performed the timed up and go (TUG) test and a test of leg strength. Bivariate correlations were conducted. A hierarchical regression predicted TUG duration from the three self-presentational concerns, controlling for age, balance confidence, falls, and muscle strength to examine the unique variance in TUG duration explained by self-presentational concerns. <br><br>RESULTS: Self-presentational efficacy was a significant predictor of TUG duration over and above that of age, balance confidence, falls, and muscle strength. The results also showed significant correlations between social anxiety and self-presentational efficacy and TUG duration, between all three self-presentational concerns and balance confidence, and between social physique anxiety and self-presentational efficacy and falls. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Research is needed to examine the causal relationship between these outcomes. Investigating self-presentational concerns in older women may provide novel ways to impact balance-related outcomes in this population. Practical implications for clinicians are discussed, as the social and physical environment may influence self-presentational concerns in this population and subsequently impact assessment and treatment outcomes.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0361-073X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0361073X.2014.926774
ID  - ref1
ER  -