The “liked” body
The role of physical activity in the dualism between the real and the virtual body.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32043/jimtlt.v3i2.88Parole chiave:
preadolescenti, immagine corporea, cross-sectional design, attività fisica, social networkAbstract
L’utilizzo dei social network è sempre più diffuso tra i preadolescenti con effetti sulla propria immagine corporea. I preadolescenti utilizzano principalmente piattaforme basate su immagini (Instagram, TikTok,etc.) e tendono a percepire i propri pari come più attraenti, con conseguenze negative su autostima e problemi legai al proprio corpo, oltre all’insorgenza di un dualismo tra il corpo reale e quello virtuale. L’utilizzo dei social network è anche correlato a bassi livelli di pratica sportiva. Il presente studio cross-sectional ha lo scopo di investigare la relazione tra i livelli di pratica sportiva, soddisfazione corporea, e dualismo nei preadolescenti. Per lo studio sono stati intervistati 2378 preadolescenti italiani attraverso la somministrazione di due questionari anonimi autosomministrati riguardo l’utilizzo dei social network, soddisfazione corporea e abitudini di pratica sportiva. Analisi descrittive sono state elaborate per tutte le variabili investigate. Per analizzare la relazione tra soddisfazione corporea (variabile dipendente) e livelli di pratica sportiva e dualismo (variabili indipendenti) è stata utilizzata una regressione lineare multipla.
I risultati hanno dimostrato che l’esposizione a immagini e video che propongono determinati standard di bellezza è associata a problematiche del corpo. Tuttavia, l’utilizzo quotidiano del proprio corpo per camminare, fare sport, etc. favorisce l’instaurarsi di una connessione positiva tra l’essere e il corpo and può contrastare gli effetti negativi dei modelli socioculturali veicolati attraverso i social network.
Pertanto, la partecipazione in attività offline può rappresentare una strategia valida per la promozione di comportamenti salutari, incrementare la consapevolezza del sé, l’implementazione delle capacità relazionali e la riduzione degli effetti negativi indotti dall’utilizzo dei social network.
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