Investigating the Effects of a Physical Education (PE) Kit Intervention on Female Adolescent Body-esteem

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العنوان: Investigating the Effects of a Physical Education (PE) Kit Intervention on Female Adolescent Body-esteem
المؤلفون: Sharon McIntosh, Andrew M. Lane, Wendy Nicholls, Tracey Jayne Devonport
بيانات النشر: MDPI AG, 2023.
سنة النشر: 2023
الوصف: It is widely acknowledged that adolescent females are particularly at risk of low body-esteem. Low body-esteem is associated with poor mental health and other negative outcomes. Interventions to help raise body-image could have considerable impact, especially if the intervention is low-cost, easy to implement and scalable. We investigated the efficacy of an intervention where participnants could chose their own clothes to wear during a Physical Education (PE lesson) on changes in body-esteem. We hypothesized that body-esteem would improve with choice. To show that body-esteem is not a transient construct, we tested its stability when assessed in a test-retest design when completed in a classroom setting, hypothesizing body-esteem would be stable. Participants (N =110; Mage =14.9; SDage = 0.68) females completed a 14-item body-esteem scale 4 times; a) wearing school uniform in an assembly, b) during a PE lesson separated by a 2-week gap. The intervention was implemented where students got a choice of PE kit and could wear their own clothes. Findings indicate that body-esteem was stable in the classroom setting where clothes and context were stable, but improved significantly when participants were given a free choice of kit to wear during PE. We argue that this low-cost and scalable intervention represents a useful start point for helping support low body-esteem among a potentially vulnerable population.
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202304.0863.v1
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::72879c666b0f99dc29a2db6ecec80d64
https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202304.0863.v1
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DOI:10.20944/preprints202304.0863.v1