Centre for Appearance Research, School of Social Sciences, College of Health, Science and Society, University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QY, United Kingdom.
Centre for Appearance Research, School of Social Sciences, College of Health, Science and Society, University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QY, United Kingdom.
Body Image. 2023 Sep;46:265-279. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.06.012. Epub 2023 Jun 29.
Existing interventions that target the intersection of girls' body image and sports participation are marginally effective, which is, in part, due to methodological limitations pertaining to intervention development (i.e., not theoretically or stakeholder informed). In this research, girls were consulted on their positive and negative body image experiences in sport and their preferences for fostering and remedying these experiences, respectively, in a new intervention. One-hundred and two girls (11-17-years; n = 91) and youth advisory board members (18-35-years; n = 15) from 13 countries participated in semi-structured focus groups and/or surveys. Template analysis of focus group and survey data resulted in 10 first-level themes and three integrative themes, which highlighted factors that both hinder and help girls' body image while playing sport, as well as girls' intervention preferences and cross-national considerations that will eventually impact the adaptation, localisation, and scaling of the intervention. Overall, girls favoured a girl and woman-only, multimodal intervention that upskilled them in appreciating their bodies, while challenging others' harmful behaviours. Stakeholder insights are crucial in creating acceptable, effective, and scalable interventions. Insights from this consultation phase will inform the development of a new scalable, evidence- and stakeholder-informed intervention that aims to foster girls' positive body image and sports enjoyment.
现有的针对女孩身体形象和参与体育运动交叉点的干预措施效果甚微，部分原因是干预措施的发展存在方法学上的局限性（即没有从理论或利益相关者的角度提供信息）。在这项研究中，我们就女孩在体育运动中对身体形象的积极和消极体验，以及她们对促进和纠正这些体验的偏好，分别咨询了她们的意见。来自 13 个国家的 102 名女孩（11-17 岁；n=91）和青年顾问委员会成员（18-35 岁；n=15）参加了半结构化焦点小组和/或调查。对焦点小组和调查数据进行模板分析，得出了 10 个一级主题和 3 个综合主题，突出了在运动中影响女孩身体形象的因素，以及女孩对干预措施的偏好和跨国考虑因素，这些因素最终将影响干预措施的适应、本土化和推广。总的来说，女孩们更喜欢一种仅限女孩和妇女参与的、多模式的干预措施，该措施可以提高她们欣赏自己身体的能力，同时挑战他人的有害行为。利益相关者的意见对于创造可接受、有效和可扩展的干预措施至关重要。本咨询阶段的意见将为制定一种新的、可扩展的、基于证据和利益相关者的干预措施提供信息，该措施旨在促进女孩积极的身体形象和对体育运动的享受。
