Factors associated with body size perception among adolescent goal-oriented sports participants and non-participants: a cross-sectional Finnish study

Background Regardless of competitive athletes’ body image pressures, only few studies have focused on adolescent sport participants’ body image and the findings are inconclusive. Furthermore, the role of competitive goals in sports on adolescents’ body size perception has not been studied. We examin...

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Vydáno v:BMC public health Ročník 22; číslo 1; s. 2188 - 9
Hlavní autoři: Mäkituomas, Leevi, Heikkilä, Laura, Nurkkala, Marjukka, Korpelainen, Raija, Alanko, Lauri, Heinonen, Olli J., Kokko, Sami, Kujala, Urho, Parkkari, Jari, Savonen, Kai, Valtonen, Maarit, Vasankari, Tommi, Villberg, Jari, Vanhala, Marja
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: London BioMed Central 25.11.2022
BioMed Central Ltd
Springer Nature B.V
BMC
Témata:
Adolescence
Adolescent
Adolescents
Aims and objectives
Athlete
Athletes
Biostatistics
Body image
Body satisfaction
Body Size
Body weight
Child development
Competitive sports
Consent
Cross-sectional
Cross-Sectional Studies
Demographic aspects
Eating behavior
Eating disorders
Environmental Health
Epidemiology
Exercise
Female
Finland
Goals
Health aspects
Humans
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Motivation
Multiple choice
Organized youth sports
Overweight
Participation
Perception
Physical fitness
Physiological aspects
Public Health
Questionnaires
Regression analysis
Schools
Self esteem
Self image
Size Perception
Sports
Sports & recreation clubs
Teenage athletes
Teenagers
Thinness
Vaccine
Youth Sports
Finland
Competitive sports
Organized youth sports
Athlete
Cross-sectional
Body satisfaction
ISSN:1471-2458, 1471-2458
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Shrnutí:Background Regardless of competitive athletes’ body image pressures, only few studies have focused on adolescent sport participants’ body image and the findings are inconclusive. Furthermore, the role of competitive goals in sports on adolescents’ body size perception has not been studied. We examined the factors associated with adolescents’ competitive goals in sports and body size perception, and the associations between adolescents’ competitive goals in sports and body size perception. Methods The cross-sectional study consisted of 475 goal-oriented sports club participants and 936 reference youths (aged 14–16 years). The study questionnaire included multiple choice items on health behaviours, motives to exercise, competitive goals in sports and body size perception. The multinomial logistic regression analysis was used to investigate the associations. Results Adolescents with competitive goals in sports perceived their body size as about the right size more frequently than reference youths (68% vs 47%, p  < 0.001 in girls; 74% vs 61%, p  < 0.001 in boys). More than one-fourth of girls with competitive goals in sports perceived themselves as overweight, although only 7% of them were overweight. Adolescents with appearance/weight motives to exercise and poor perceived physical fitness had higher odds of perceived fatness. Additionally, BMI was positively associated with perceived fatness and negatively with perceived thinness. Having competitive goals in sports was not independently associated with perceived fatness or perceived thinness. Conclusions Adolescents’ BMI, appearance/weight motives to exercise, and perceived physical fitness were more strongly associated with body size perception than their competitive goals in sports. However, perceived fatness among girls with competitive goals in sports should be considered in organized sports.
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ISSN:1471-2458
1471-2458
DOI:10.1186/s12889-022-14511-z