探讨在年轻女性中认可性别刻板印象和身体活动的研究
Melanna Cox1, Paige F Richmond1, Annie Shtino1
1University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.)
|May 1, 2025
概括
这项研究发现,善意的性别歧视认可与女性的身体行为之间存在弱相关性. 焦点小组揭示了诸如家长角色和同龄人关系影响身体活动等主题. 建议对各种样本进行进一步的研究.
科学领域:
- 行为科学 行为科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 身体行为 (PB),如身体活动 (PA) 和久坐行为 (SB),在女性中不如男性那么有利.
- 性别规范被认为是女性PA的障碍,但需要更清晰的概念化和量化.
- 这项研究解决了了解性别歧视对女性身体行为影响的差距.
研究的目的:
- 调查年轻女性仁慈的性别歧视认可 (BSE) 和身体行为 (PB) 之间的关系.
- 探索女性在体育活动环境中的性别歧视生活经历.
- 在焦点小组中讨论的性别歧视构造的识别和分类.
主要方法:
- 参与者 (n=20) 完成了环境性别歧视清单,并在7天内佩戴活动监测器.
- 斯皮尔曼相关性评估了善意性主义认可 (BSE) 和身体行为 (PB) 之间的关系.
- 一个焦点小组 (n=4) 进行,转录,并为主题和性别歧视构造进行编码.
主要成果:
- 参与者超过了PA指南,BSE得分低 (1.8 ± 0.76).
- 在BSE和客观测量的PA之间发现了微弱的负相关性 (r = -0.19至 -0.37).
- 在BSE和久坐时间 (ST) 之间发现了微弱的正相关性 (r = 0.14). 焦点组的主题包括与年龄相关的衰退,家长角色,同龄人关系以及PE教师/教练的影响.
结论:
- 观察到BSE和PA之间假设的负相关性,以及与SB的积极相关性.
- 焦点小组的主题与仁慈的性别歧视构造相一致,突出了社会对女性体育活动的影响.
- 未来的研究应该检查更大,多样化的样本和其他影响仁慈的性别歧视认可的因素.
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