Hall Matthew, Grogan Sarah, Gough Brendan
Lancaster University, UK
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
J Health Psychol. 2016 Sep;21(9):1939-48. doi: 10.1177/1359105314568579. Epub 2015 Feb 2.
Synthol is an injectable oil used by bodybuilders to make muscles appear bigger. Widely available on the Internet, it is reported to carry a wide range of health risks and side effects such as localised skin problems, nerve damage and oil-filled cysts, as well as muscle damage and the development of scar tissue. Given the tension between health risk and quick muscle enlargement, how lay users explain and justify their synthol intake becomes an important question. Drawing on discourse analysis, we focus on how lay expertise is worked up by users in the absence of available specialist knowledge by invoking medical and pharmaceutical discourses as legitimation, providing novices with support, gaining trust through positive personal narratives and thus gaining credibility as experts. Results have clear implications for health promotion interventions with bodybuilders.
合成醇是一种注射用油，被健美运动员用来使肌肉看起来更大。它在互联网上广泛可得，据报道会带来一系列健康风险和副作用，如局部皮肤问题、神经损伤和充满油脂的囊肿，以及肌肉损伤和瘢痕组织的形成。鉴于健康风险与快速肌肉增大之间的矛盾，普通使用者如何解释并为自己使用合成醇的行为辩护就成了一个重要问题。通过话语分析，我们关注在缺乏专业知识的情况下，普通使用者如何通过援引医学和药学话语作为正当理由、为新手提供支持、通过积极的个人叙述获得信任从而作为专家获得可信度，来构建自身的专业知识。研究结果对针对健美运动员的健康促进干预措施具有明确的启示意义。
