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Gilchrist JD, Lucibello KM, Pila E, et al. Emotion profiles among adolescent female athletes: Associations with flourishing. Body Image. 2021;39:166-174doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.08.003.
Gilchrist, J. D., Lucibello, K. M., Pila, E., Crocker, P. R. E., & Sabiston, C. M. (2021). Emotion profiles among adolescent female athletes: Associations with flourishing. Body image, 39166-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.08.003
Gilchrist, Jenna D, et al. "Emotion profiles among adolescent female athletes: Associations with flourishing." Body image vol. 39 (2021): 166-174. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.08.003
Gilchrist JD, Lucibello KM, Pila E, Crocker PRE, Sabiston CM. Emotion profiles among adolescent female athletes: Associations with flourishing. Body Image. 2021 Dec;39:166-174. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.08.003. Epub 2021 Sep 03. PMID: 34482258.
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Body Image. 2021 Dec;39:166-174. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.08.003. Epub 2021 Sep 03.

Emotion profiles among adolescent female athletes: Associations with flourishing.

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Jenna D Gilchrist, Kristen M Lucibello, Eva Pila, Peter R E Crocker, Catherine M Sabiston

Affiliations

  1. School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Canada. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Canada.
  3. School of Health Sciences, Department of Kinesiology, Western University, Canada.
  4. School of Kinesiology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

PMID: 34482258 DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.08.003

Abstract

Many girls who participate in sport struggle to negotiate the complex relationship between their desired appearance and maintaining a physique that facilitates performance. As a result, these athletes experience a range of emotions about their bodies that impact their psychological well-being. We examined appearance- and fitness-related emotions using latent profile analysis among 507 adolescent girls involved in organized sport and examined differences in flourishing across the resulting profiles. Four emotion profiles were identified: (i) Frequent Pride, (ii) Occasional Fitness Pride, (iii) Occasional Pride, Rare Guilt/Shame, and (iv) Occasional Emotions. Participants in the Occasional Emotions profile reported the lowest flourishing scores compared to every other profile while those in the Frequent Pride profile reported the highest levels of flourishing. There were no differences in flourishing between those in the Occasional Fitness Pride profile and those in the Occasional Pride, Rare Guilt/Shame profile. Our results demonstrate how subsets of athletes may characteristically experience distinct combinations of emotions that are differentially associated with flourishing. Increasing experiences of body-related pride while mitigating experiences of guilt and shame appear to be important contributors to flourishing. However, experiences of pride may do little to buffer against reductions in flourishing when guilt and shame are experienced.

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Keywords: Adolescent girls; Body image; Guilt; Pride; Shame; Sport

Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Competing Interest The authors have no competing interests to declare.

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