要想印象好 常锻炼
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2001年2月18日
路透社纽约健康消息 加拿大研究员送你一条给人留下良好印象的妙计，那就是要让别人知道你是经常锻炼的人。因为经常锻炼的习惯有助于保持体重、体型，而这一点常常是人们用来判断一个人属哪种类型人的标准。
加拿大安大略省麦克马斯特大学的凯塞琳马丁博士带领的研究小组对627名加拿大人的性格及体质特性的资料进行了评估，这些资料包括性别及锻炼习惯。结果发现，不常锻炼的人会被认为是少朋友、不够勇敢、不灵巧、不整洁、不乐观、不善交际、不很友好的，而且给人一种病怏怏、骨瘦如柴、不性感的感觉。经常锻炼的人则会被认为是健康、强壮、性感的。这项研究是基于早些时间马丁博士的一项发现：如果一位肥胖妇女在别人看来是经常锻炼的，那么以前对于她的种种不好的评价都会被改善。
在最近一期的《体育运动心理学》上，马丁博士发表文章说，人们往往会认为常锻炼的人比久坐不动的的人工作更加努力、更有自信心和自制力。锻炼对你的社会地位有着潜在的益处，别人会因为你经常锻炼而肯定你。如果你想给别人留下良好的第一印象，你就该让他们知道你是经常锻炼的。相反，如果你是些喜欢整日坐在沙发上边吃土豆片边看电视的人，你最好不要让别人知道。
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来源：《体育运动心理学》2000;22:283-291
Saying You Exercise Creates Good First Impression
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you want to impress someone, it might help to let it slip that you exercise regularly, Canadian researchers suggest. They found that information about your exercise habits bears significant weight when someone is forming an impression of what type of person you are.
``Society has very positive perceptions of people who exercise and very negative perceptions of sedentary people,‘‘ Dr. Kathleen A. Martin, of McMaster University in Ontario, told Reuters Health. ``These perceptions relate to how we think about a person‘s personality as well as their appearance,‘‘ she added.
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``If you want to make a good impression on somebody that you‘re meeting for the first time, you would want them to know that you are an exerciser,‘‘ she noted. ``Conversely, if you‘re a couch potato, you might not want to divulge that information right away.‘‘
Martin and colleagues asked 627 Canadian men and women to rate an individual‘s personality and physical attributes based on a brief description that included the person‘s gender and information on whether they exercised. For comparison, the investigators also included descriptions of individuals whose exercise habits were unknown.
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People described as exercisers were considered ``a harder worker, more confident, and to have more self-control‘‘ than non-exercisers and the comparison individuals, the authors report in a recent issue of the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
Non-exercisers were considered to have fewer friends, and to be less brave, smart, neat, happy, sociable and friendly, than both the exercisers and the comparison group.
The non-exercisers‘ physical attributes were also assumed to be worse than exercisers‘ or those in the comparison group. Non-exercisers were more often perceived as sickly, scrawny and sexually unattractive in comparison to their supposed healthy, muscular, and sexually attractive counterparts who exercised regularly.
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``We suspect that knowledge of the physical benefits of exercise had a positive effect on raters‘ impressions of exercisers‘ physical attributes,‘‘ Martin‘s team writes.
The research builds on an early study in which Martin found that negative stereotypes of overweight women could be overcome if the woman was thought of as an exerciser.
``For people who are contemplating whether they should actually keep their New Year‘s resolution to exercise, these folks should be aware that there are potent social benefits associated with exercise--that is, people will think more positively of you just by virtue of your exercise habits,‘‘ Martin added.
SOURCE: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 2000;22:283-291., http://www.100md.com
加拿大安大略省麦克马斯特大学的凯塞琳马丁博士带领的研究小组对627名加拿大人的性格及体质特性的资料进行了评估，这些资料包括性别及锻炼习惯。结果发现，不常锻炼的人会被认为是少朋友、不够勇敢、不灵巧、不整洁、不乐观、不善交际、不很友好的，而且给人一种病怏怏、骨瘦如柴、不性感的感觉。经常锻炼的人则会被认为是健康、强壮、性感的。这项研究是基于早些时间马丁博士的一项发现：如果一位肥胖妇女在别人看来是经常锻炼的，那么以前对于她的种种不好的评价都会被改善。
在最近一期的《体育运动心理学》上，马丁博士发表文章说，人们往往会认为常锻炼的人比久坐不动的的人工作更加努力、更有自信心和自制力。锻炼对你的社会地位有着潜在的益处，别人会因为你经常锻炼而肯定你。如果你想给别人留下良好的第一印象，你就该让他们知道你是经常锻炼的。相反，如果你是些喜欢整日坐在沙发上边吃土豆片边看电视的人，你最好不要让别人知道。
, http://www.100md.com
来源：《体育运动心理学》2000;22:283-291
Saying You Exercise Creates Good First Impression
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you want to impress someone, it might help to let it slip that you exercise regularly, Canadian researchers suggest. They found that information about your exercise habits bears significant weight when someone is forming an impression of what type of person you are.
``Society has very positive perceptions of people who exercise and very negative perceptions of sedentary people,‘‘ Dr. Kathleen A. Martin, of McMaster University in Ontario, told Reuters Health. ``These perceptions relate to how we think about a person‘s personality as well as their appearance,‘‘ she added.
, 百拇医药
``If you want to make a good impression on somebody that you‘re meeting for the first time, you would want them to know that you are an exerciser,‘‘ she noted. ``Conversely, if you‘re a couch potato, you might not want to divulge that information right away.‘‘
Martin and colleagues asked 627 Canadian men and women to rate an individual‘s personality and physical attributes based on a brief description that included the person‘s gender and information on whether they exercised. For comparison, the investigators also included descriptions of individuals whose exercise habits were unknown.
, http://www.100md.com
People described as exercisers were considered ``a harder worker, more confident, and to have more self-control‘‘ than non-exercisers and the comparison individuals, the authors report in a recent issue of the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
Non-exercisers were considered to have fewer friends, and to be less brave, smart, neat, happy, sociable and friendly, than both the exercisers and the comparison group.
The non-exercisers‘ physical attributes were also assumed to be worse than exercisers‘ or those in the comparison group. Non-exercisers were more often perceived as sickly, scrawny and sexually unattractive in comparison to their supposed healthy, muscular, and sexually attractive counterparts who exercised regularly.
, 百拇医药
``We suspect that knowledge of the physical benefits of exercise had a positive effect on raters‘ impressions of exercisers‘ physical attributes,‘‘ Martin‘s team writes.
The research builds on an early study in which Martin found that negative stereotypes of overweight women could be overcome if the woman was thought of as an exerciser.
``For people who are contemplating whether they should actually keep their New Year‘s resolution to exercise, these folks should be aware that there are potent social benefits associated with exercise--that is, people will think more positively of you just by virtue of your exercise habits,‘‘ Martin added.
SOURCE: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 2000;22:283-291., http://www.100md.com