Institute of Sport Science and Innovations, Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Department of Physical and Social Education; Kaunas, Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania.
J Sports Sci. 2023 Jan;41(1):8-19. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2023.2193459. Epub 2023 Mar 23.
The aim of this study was to test the moderating role of sport participation in the mediation model of media pressures, internalisation of appearance ideals and body dissatisfaction in adolescent boys. Five hundred and seventy adolescent boys (mean age 17.2 ± 0.45; range 15-19 years) participated in the cross-sectional study. Adolescents completed a questionnaire consisting of measures of attitudes towards sociocultural pressures on appearance, body dissatisfaction and sport participation (participation in achievement sport, leisure exercising and non-participation in any sports). Sports participation moderated the associations between the internalisation of stereotyped appearance ideals and body dissatisfaction. In athletes, the effect of internalisation of thin body ideals on body dissatisfaction was not significant, while the effect of internalisation of muscular/athletic body ideals was negative. In leisure exercisers, the effect of internalisation of muscular body ideals on body dissatisfaction was not significant, yet internalisation of thin body ideals had a significant effect on body dissatisfaction. The strongest associations between appearance ideals internalisation and body dissatisfaction were found in adolescent boys who reported no participation in sports. Sports participation might be an effective tool in decreasing the negative effect of internalisation of stereotyped appearance ideals on adolescent boys' body image.
本研究旨在检验运动参与在媒体压力、理想外表内化和青少年男孩身体不满的中介模型中的调节作用。570 名青少年男孩（平均年龄 17.2±0.45 岁；范围 15-19 岁）参加了横断面研究。青少年完成了一份问卷，其中包括对外表的社会文化压力、身体不满和运动参与（参与竞技运动、休闲运动和不参与任何运动）的态度的测量。运动参与调节了刻板外表理想内化与身体不满之间的关联。在运动员中，理想瘦身体内化对身体不满的影响不显著，而理想肌肉/运动身体内化的影响是负面的。在休闲运动者中，理想肌肉身体内化对身体不满的影响不显著，但理想瘦身体内化对身体不满有显著影响。在报告不参与任何运动的青少年男孩中，发现外表理想内化与身体不满之间的关联最强。运动参与可能是减少理想外表内化对青少年男孩身体形象的负面影响的有效工具。
