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ak-424		ak-424		17	.pdf	application/pdf	6938	309	58	The questionnaire consisted of five items: 1) Demographic variables (gen- der, age, height, weight and body mass index (BMI)); 2) Exercise habits (how often do they exercise, do they participate in any type of group workout); 3) Sources of knowledge about exercise (education, gym, social media, online ar- ticles or scientific sports literature); 4) Choice of social media platforms as a so- urce of information about exercise (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or YouTube); 5) 13 variables on attitudes towards SMEC (7 affirmative attitude variables, 4 non-affirmative attitude variables and 2 variables of a neutral character). 25 ANNALES KINESIOLOGIAE • 14 • 2023 • 1 Nikolina ALERIĆ, Ana PENJAK, Hrvoje KARNINČIĆ: ATTITUDES TOWARDS EXERCISE CONTENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA ..., 19–35 Table 1: Descriptive statistical parameters (mean, standard deviation, minimal and maximal result) for sample description and affirmative and non-affirmative attitudes regarding exercising using contents published online and on social media All groups Female Male Variable AS ± SD MIN/ MAX AS ± SD MIN/ MAX AS ± SD MIN/ MAX Age 58.44 ±8.99 17.00/ 54.00 28.62 ±9.64 17.00/ 54.00 27.92 ±7.09 19.00/ 43.00 Body height 174.72 ±6.15 165.00/ 191.00 172.11 ±4.43 165.00/ 183.00 182.15 ±3.85 178.00/ 191.00 Body weight 70.60 ±12.14 51.00/ 97.00 66.19 ±8.47 51.00/ 96.00 86.00 ±6.28 76.00/ 97.00 BMI 23.02 ±3.02 18.21/ 31.71 22.01 ±2.73 18.21/ 31.71 26.91 ±2.73 23.20/ 28.41 Affirmative 2.69 ±0.54† 1.71/ 4.43 2.55 ±0.42* 1.71/3.43 3.08 ±0.68* 1.86/ 4.43 Non- affirmative 3.30 ±0.74† 2.00/ 5.00 3.40 ±0.70 2.00/5.00 3.03 ±0.81 2.00/ 5.00 Legend: †Statistically significant difference between affirmative and non-affirmative on the total sample (Wilcoxon Matched Pairs Test, T=250.00, Z=3.60, p<0.001); *Statistically significant difference between females and males in affirmative attitudes (Mann-Whitney U test, U=119.50, Z=-2.68, p=0.007) Table 2: Descriptive statistical parameters (frequency, percentage, and mode) for the variable ‘Exercise habits of gym-goers’ All groups I exercise f % Daily 4.00 8.00 3-5 times per weekw 21.00 42.00 3 times per week 22.00* 44.00* 2 times per week 3.00 6.00 Never 0.00 0.00 Legend: *mode; f - frequency; % - percentage 26 Nikolina ALERIĆ, Ana PENJAK, Hrvoje KARNINČIĆ: ATTITUDES TOWARDS EXERCISE CONTENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA ..., 19–35 ANNALES KINESIOLOGIAE • 14 • 2023 • 1 Table 3: Descriptive statistical parameters (frequency, percentage, and mode) for the variable ‘Source of knowledge about exercise’ All groups I gained my knowledge on exercises f % Throughout my education 6.00 12.00 In a gym 31.00* 62.00* Via social media 10.00 20.00 Via online articles 2.00 4.00 From scientific sports literature 1.00 2.00 Legend: *mode; f - frequency; % - percentage Table 4: Descriptive statistical parameters (frequency, percentage and mode) for the variable ‘Choice of social media platforms as a source of information about exercising’ All groups As a source of information about exercising, I use:	cache/ak-424.pdf	txt/ak-424.txt