Self‐Monitoring and Women's Self‐Presentational Reactions to Variations in Sex of the Exercise Class Instructor and Co‐Exercisers

Women's self‐monitoring orientation was investigated as a moderator of self‐presentational efficacy (SPE) and social physique anxiety (SPA) reactions to variations in sex of instructors and co‐exercisers in exercise class settings. High (n = 30) and low (n = 49) self‐monitors reported SPA and SPE after imagining participation in exercise classes in which sex of the co‐exercisers and the instructor varied. For low self‐monitors only, SPA was …