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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of social physique anxiety on physical self-concept and reasons for exercise among university students. The participants of this study consisted of 352 university male and female students who are taking physical activity classes. The used instruments were the Koo(2004) for measuring social physique anxiety, the Kim(2001) for measuring physical self-concept and the Kim and Lee(2004) for measuring reasons for exercise. The data were analyzed by t-test, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis as a statistical method. The results showed that male students had significantly higher than the female in physical self-concept subscales. While female students had significantly higher in negative physique evaluation subscale, male students showed higher in physical expression satisfaction subscale. The results also showed that negative physique evaluation subscale negatively affected physical self-concept although physical expression satisfaction subscale had statistically the positive effect on physical self-concept. Social physique anxiety showed generally the positive effects on reasons for exercise.