, 2013 ). This contextual framework perceives body image as a multifaceted, dynamic and reactive concept ( Tiggemann, 2001 ) and assumes changing body evaluations in relation to the context in which someone is situated ( Haimovitz, Lansky, & O’Reilly, 1992 ; Krane, Waldron, Michalenok, & Stiles
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counterproductive when group fitness professionals are striving to increase individuals’ engagement in exercise and prevent exercisers from experiencing anxiety or body-evaluative threat. Existing research suggests the social culture developed in group exercise settings is positively related to exercise adherence
