Investigating the Effects of a Physical Education (PE) Kit Intervention on Female Adolescent Body Esteem
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Design
2.2. Participants
2.3. Measure
2.4. Procedure
2.5. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Intervention Effects
3.2. Multivariate Analysis
4. Discussion
4.1. Strengths of This Research
4.2. Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Test | Retest | Correlation Test–Retest | Difference Test–Retest | |||||||||
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Time | Context | Subscale | M | SD | M | SD | r | p | Confidence Interval | t | p | |
Baseline | PE Kit | Appearance | 15.90 | 2.97 | 15.92 | 2.95 | 0.99 | 0.00 | −0.11 | 0.08 | −0.38 | 0.71 |
Attribution | 11.10 | 1.89 | 11.09 | 1.95 | 0.97 | 0.00 | −0.08 | 0.10 | 0.21 | 0.84 | ||
Weight | 11.51 | 1.98 | 11.43 | 2.05 | 0.96 | 0.00 | −0.02 | 0.19 | 1.53 | 0.13 | ||
Total Mean | 12.84 | 2.66 | ||||||||||
Uniform | Appearance | 16.41 | 2.74 | 16.44 | 2.75 | 0.98 | 0.00 | −0.12 | 0.07 | −0.58 | 0.57 | |
Attribution | 11.92 | 1.98 | 11.91 | 2.00 | 0.98 | 0.00 | −0.06 | 0.08 | 0.26 | 0.80 | ||
Weight | 12.29 | 1.78 | 12.28 | 1.83 | 0.97 | 0.00 | −0.08 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.84 | ||
Total Mean | 13.54 | 2.49 | ||||||||||
Baseline | Total Mean | 13.14 | 2.14 | 13.18 | 2.36 | |||||||
Post-Intervention | PE Kit | Appearance | 17.95 | 3.05 | 17.93 | 3.06 | 0.97 | 0.00 | −0.11 | 0.16 | 0.40 | 0.69 |
Attribution | 12.45 | 2.02 | 12.40 | 2.09 | 0.97 | 0.00 | −0.05 | 0.14 | 0.96 | 0.34 | ||
Weight | 12.98 | 2.18 | 12.89 | 2.19 | 0.96 | 0.00 | −0.02 | 0.20 | 1.59 | 0.11 | ||
Total Mean | 14.46 | 0.55 | ||||||||||
Uniform | Appearance | 16.49 | 2.62 | 16.51 | 2.42 | 0.97 | 0.00 | −0.14 | 0.10 | −0.29 | 0.77 | |
Attribution | 11.75 | 2.07 | 11.72 | 2.03 | 0.97 | 0.00 | −0.06 | 0.13 | 0.75 | 0.45 | ||
Weight | 12.06 | 1.84 | 11.98 | 1.77 | 0.96 | 0.00 | −0.02 | 0.18 | 1.63 | 0.11 | ||
Total Mean | 13.44 | 2.65 | ||||||||||
Post-Intervention | Total Mean | 14.02 | 2.39 | 13.90 | 2.64 | |||||||
PE Kit | Total Mean | 13.65 | 2.70 | 13.61 | 2.72 | |||||||
Uniform | Total Mean | 13.49 | 2.30 | 13.47 | 0.38 |
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McIntosh-Dalmedo, S.; Lane, A.M.; Nicholls, W.; Devonport, T.J. Investigating the Effects of a Physical Education (PE) Kit Intervention on Female Adolescent Body Esteem. Children 2023, 10, 938. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10060938
McIntosh-Dalmedo S, Lane AM, Nicholls W, Devonport TJ. Investigating the Effects of a Physical Education (PE) Kit Intervention on Female Adolescent Body Esteem. Children. 2023; 10(6):938. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10060938
Chicago/Turabian StyleMcIntosh-Dalmedo, Sharon, Andrew M. Lane, Wendy Nicholls, and Tracey J. Devonport. 2023. "Investigating the Effects of a Physical Education (PE) Kit Intervention on Female Adolescent Body Esteem" Children 10, no. 6: 938. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10060938