González-Delgado Rosa, Rodríguez-Hidalgo Antonio J, Ortega-Ruiz Rosario, Benítez-Sillero Juan de Dios, Murillo-Moraño Javier
Department of Education, Regional Government of Andalusia, 41071 Seville, Spain.
Department of Psychology, University of Cordoba, 14071 Cordoba, Spain.
Children (Basel). 2024 Oct 14;11(10):1235. doi: 10.3390/children11101235.
Social exclusion victimization among adolescents causes significant damage and harm to development and social balance. Many of the aggressions that lead to this are based on social stigmas, particularly related to physical appearance in school settings involving physical and sports activities. This study investigates the relationship between victimization through social exclusion (both manifest and subtle forms) and physical self-concept, specifically examining ability, attractiveness, physical condition, and strength. A total of 876 adolescents (mean age = 14.91; standard deviation = 1.71 years), evenly divided between boys and girls, from secondary schools in Andalusia, Spain participated. They completed a self-report questionnaire assessing physical abilities, attractiveness, physical condition, and self-perceived strength, alongside an instrument measuring experiences of social exclusion and manifest exclusion. Our findings indicate that physical ability, attractiveness, and condition are negative statistical predictors of both manifest and subtle exclusion victimization, while self-perceived strength is a statistical predictor of subtle exclusion. Manifest exclusion impacts both genders similarly, but girls are more vulnerable to subtle forms of exclusion. Regardless of gender, physical ability and attractiveness significantly predict both types of exclusion. Our results highlight the importance of physical self-concept for wellbeing and maintaining self-concept balance. The inclusion of interventions addressing social exclusion in physical education is crucial, particularly those that work to mitigate social stigmas against adolescents who struggle in physical or sporting activities. A gender-sensitive approach should also be incorporated. The growing field of research on adolescent social exclusion, both manifest and subtle, underscores the need for further exploration of its links to physical condition, physical activity, self-perception, and societal stereotypes.
青少年中的社会排斥受害经历对其发展和社会平衡造成了重大损害。导致这种情况的许多攻击行为都基于社会污名，特别是在涉及体育活动的学校环境中与外貌相关的污名。本研究调查了通过社会排斥（包括明显和微妙形式）的受害经历与身体自我概念之间的关系，具体考察了能力、吸引力、身体状况和力量。来自西班牙安达卢西亚中学的876名青少年（平均年龄 = 14.91岁；标准差 = 1.71岁）参与了研究，男女各半。他们完成了一份自我报告问卷，评估身体能力、吸引力、身体状况和自我感知的力量，同时还完成了一份测量社会排斥和明显排斥经历的量表。我们的研究结果表明，身体能力、吸引力和身体状况是明显和微妙排斥受害经历的负向统计预测因素，而自我感知的力量是微妙排斥的统计预测因素。明显排斥对男女的影响相似，但女孩更容易受到微妙形式的排斥。无论性别如何，身体能力和吸引力都能显著预测这两种类型的排斥。我们的结果强调了身体自我概念对幸福感和维持自我概念平衡的重要性。在体育教育中纳入解决社会排斥问题的干预措施至关重要，特别是那些致力于减轻针对在体育或体育活动中表现不佳的青少年的社会污名的措施。还应采用对性别敏感的方法。关于青少年明显和微妙社会排斥的研究领域不断扩大，这凸显了进一步探索其与身体状况、体育活动、自我认知和社会刻板印象之间联系的必要性。
