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Why do they sweat? Body (dis)satisfaction and evaluation of health and body attractiveness among young men taking regular gym exercises

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Seidel S.
The New Educational Review
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2015
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vol. 42
267-276
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Studies on men’s body image are becoming increasingly popular. They show that body dissatisfaction may lead to certain health disorders (depressive mood, bigorexia, anxiety). This study focuses on the differences in body dissatisfaction among young men who work out to reach different aims (to increase, strengthen or to shape muscle mass). Body dissatisfaction was measured using the Bodybuilder Image Grid Scale. The results of this study show that there are no significant differences between men who exercise in gyms using different types of work-out. However, there is a significant difference between men who exercise to gain muscle mass and those who do not work out at all; the first group is less satisfied with their bodies as far as fat mass is concerned. Moreover, the evaluation of health and body attractiveness was measured using the questionnaire ‘Your values’ and asking men about the hypothetical possibility of giving up their longevity for a perfect body. The results indicate that men who exercise tend to treat health more instrumentally than those who do not train. Finally, those who train regularly find attractiveness of the body much more important than those who do not exercise at all.
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Badanie zjawisk (nie)typowych - zastosowanie strategii jakościowych w badaniu mężczyzn ćwiczących w siłowniach

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Maciejewska T.
Dyskursy Młodych Andragogów / Adult Education Discourses
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2013
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vol. 14
269-285
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The article presents part of the research of men exercising at the gym, which is based on the quality strategy. The aim of the article is to present and popularize the anti-positivist methods, qualitative research approach, referring to the methodology of the humanities and based, among others, on the philosophical foundations of phenomenology. The subject of the research presented in this paper were narratives about men's perceptions of masculinity, how they create their own male identity (what kind of action they take, how they create their own visual identity). This paper presents the diagnosis of the process of perceptions and creations of male identity by men working out at the gyms. The questions asked and then the data examined were intended to distinguish categories of respondents (types) and in the final stage to answer the main problems. The author shows how qualitative strategies helped to discover the way the respondents see the world. The interpretation is presented as a process of reconstructing mental models, which interlocutors use in everyday life. In the first part the author presents the theoretical assumptions, methods and a research group. The second part is the relation of actions to be taken to analyse the data - building the typology, interpreting. It also presents the selected conclusions.
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