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“When you think of exercising, you don’t really want to think of puking, tears, and pain”: young adolescents’ understanding of fitness and #fitspiration
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posted on 2023-06-09, 18:31 authored by Beth T Bell, Nova Deighton-Smith, Megan HurstMegan HurstAdolescents access information about fitness, including content labelled as #fitspiration, through social media. Seventy-seven adolescents (M age = 12.49; SD = 0.55; Girls = 27) participated in semi-structured focus groups to explore their perspectives on #fitspiration and fitness more broadly. Through inductive thematic analysis, four themes were developed: (1) Fitness enhances physical function and appearance, but these are not always linked, (2) Fitness is transformative but requires hard work, (3) Fitness should be an intrinsically motivated personal choice, (4) Pain in the pursuit of fitness. Findings highlight young adolescents’ complex understandings of fitness negotiated through their critical interpretation of #fitspiration.
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Journal of Health PsychologyISSN
1359-1053Publisher
SAGE PublicationsExternal DOI
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1-15Department affiliated with
- Psychology Publications
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2019-07-30First Open Access (FOA) Date
2019-07-30First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2019-07-29Usage metrics
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