探索青少年在性别,运动和饮食身份的交叉点上的经验:一个解释性的现象学研究
Alysha L Deslippe1,2, Georgia Middleton3, Olivia Y Wu1,2
1Human Nutrition, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Frontiers in nutrition
|January 3, 2025
概括
青少年在体育,性别和饮食习惯方面进行导航,经常将食物选择与运动或性别认同联系起来. 了解这些交叉点可以帮助为所有年轻人创造支持性的体育环境.
科学领域:
- 运动心理学 运动心理学
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 体育社会学运动的社会学.
背景情况:
- 不良的饮食模式和信仰会对青少年运动员的健康和表现产生负面影响.
- 社会性别规范和理想化的身体压力导致运动员饮食失调.
- 现有的研究主要集中在精英女运动员身上,忽视了多样化的高中人口.
研究的目的:
- 探索高中青少年体育,饮食和性别认同之间的复杂相互作用.
- 了解青少年如何通过体育背景的食物选择和身体理想来感知和表达自己的身份.
- 确定性别规范如何影响各种参与体育运动的高中学生的饮食行为和身体感知.
主要方法:
- 使用解释性的现象学方法进行定性研究.
- 对高中运动员和非运动员 (包括女孩,男孩和非二进制个体) 进行了33次深入采访.
- 分析的重点是确定与青少年体育体验,饮食和性别相关的主题.
主要成果:
- 青少年将传统的男性饮食习惯 (例如,蛋白质摄入量) 和身体理想 (例如,肌肉度) 脱离性别,将其整合到他们的运动身份中.
- 参与者使用食品展示来标志着各种身份,例如作为一名运动员或坚持女性规范.
- 青少年对男子气概表达了相互矛盾的看法,认为它对体育比赛既有害又有利,并使用食物来追求非传统的身体理想.
结论:
- 青少年的身份是多方面的,体育,饮食和性别以微妙的方式交叉.
- 教练,教练和政策制定者在制定体育项目和饮食指南时应该考虑这些身份交叉点.
- 有信息的决策可以通过解决身份,食物和身体形象之间的复杂关系,为青少年提供更健康,更具包容性的体育体验.
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