Ricciardelli Lina A, McCabe Marita P, Ridge Damien
School of Psychology, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.
J Health Psychol. 2006 Jul;11(4):577-87. doi: 10.1177/1359105306065018.
The present study examined the role played by sport in understanding adolescent males' views about their body. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 40 adolescent boys aged between 15 and 17 years. An inductive thematic analysis of boys' narratives showed that sport provided adolescent males with a context for discussing their body image. Attributes which males liked about their body were synonymous with those associated with being successful at sport. In addition, sport was used as a forum for competing with other males both through playing sport and by using sport performance to make favourable social comparisons about their body size.
本研究探讨了体育运动在理解青少年男性对自己身体的看法中所起的作用。对40名年龄在15至17岁之间的青少年男孩进行了半结构化访谈。对男孩们叙述的归纳主题分析表明，体育运动为青少年男性提供了一个讨论他们身体形象的背景。男性喜欢自己身体的特质与那些在体育运动中取得成功相关的特质是同义的。此外，体育运动被用作一个平台，通过参与体育运动以及利用运动表现来与其他男性进行比较，从而对自己的体型做出有利的社会比较。
