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well, everything is tied to how people think others see them or evaluate them. there is an underlying self-presentation or objectification element. Maybe just social comparison?

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well, everything is tied to how people think others see them or evaluate them. there is an underlying self-presentation or objectification element. Maybe just social comparison?

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"I think in terms of having a goal that you work towards, you have your like goal body... and you're scared of achieving it because then oh, what do I work towards? Or maybe, maybe that also ties into a negative body image where it's like "no matter what, it's not enough." And maybe that's a piece of it."

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Self-checking, self-monitoring, social capital

"I remember, like from the age of 10, like someone pointing out, like probably like a swim teammate, that I had like abs or something. And then I just remember that being like a constant like, just the self checking and just being like, "Oh my God, do I still have abs?" And then like it being super tied and close to my self-worth and then like people continuing to like comment on it... I'm sure I like looked in the mirror before then, but like that was the first time that I was like, oh damn. Like there's like some sort of like social capital or like something tied to my body."

Self-worth

"My self worth and my body image had like gone hand in hand. And so had, like my sport performance, right. And I feel like my sport performance was like super closely tied to my body image, or I even remember - like this is super ******. But like if I had a bad game or a bad race, I'd be like, oh well. You know, like at least I look good."

Disordered eating, appearance management strategies, self-worth, social capital

"And I remember like developing a fear of like, spending too long at home cause I was worried I'd eat too much. Yeah, it was really bad. I was in like this consistent like restriction and binge cycle... I thought people, like more people would like me, and I also remember like I used to tell myself like no one will like you if you're fat, like as a way of scaring myself out of eating."

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Experiences of mental health and body image

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Experiences of mental health and body image

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Mental health and body image are closely related.
"your body image has everything to do with how you feel about yourself, especially for a lot of young people, because it's really hard to like, dissociate like your body image from your self-confidence because that's what's been preached to us"

Feelings about one's body are reinforced by the media and affect self-confidence.
"people with certain body types are viewed better in society than people with other body types, and like seeing on social media, everybody you see has this perfect look and then when you look at yourself in the mirror, you look nothing like that"

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Fear of success (also tied to how other people see you)

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Fear of success (also tied to how other people see you)

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"I think maybe people are also just like scared of succeeding. Maybe it's daunting, or intimidating, or they're worried that, for example, like winning a championship or something or winning a race like, oh, I win this year then people are gonna expect me to win in coming years. People are gonna like, expect this of me, and it's just too much pressure."

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"It's like I'm not worthy. So maybe part of it also is like, what's it called - impostor syndrome? Maybe that has something to do with it, or like thinking that, like other people deserve it more than me."

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Fear of failure + how other people see you (is there a formal term for this? approval, social anxiety, public consciousness? not sure what to call this one)

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Fear of failure + how other people see you (is there a formal term for this? approval, social anxiety, public consciousness? not sure what to call this one)

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"I think probably like a protective mechanism for myself. I'm gonna use the example of running a half marathon... maybe I don't run because I'm like, "well, if I do ******* **** in that anyhow, why would I even try" kind of thing. So I think like a protective mechanism. I think you're maybe worried about what other people think of you. So you're like "oh well, I didn't even try". Like maybe like, studying for a test or something. You're like, oh, like "if I don't study at all like I tell my friends I didn't study, and then if I fail it's not a big deal", then that might be a reason... I guess like a protective mechanism. They're scared about the way that other people see them."

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fear of judgement

clothing

physical abilities

weight

eating

body monitoring

"Yeah, I don't think my coaches, yeah, my coaches have never said anything, but I think you do, during practice and you do hear things like, oh, like her lines are so pretty or things like that. And it makes you notice more their like physical attributes. And I think like in like change rooms a lot of times you can hear like other girls complain about like their weight and like how they look and it makes you yeah, just like think about how you look as well."

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Definitions

"Self limiting beliefs in a way, or like avoiding things that you're scared you might fail in anyhow, so you just don't even try."

"maybe like a self sabotaging thought that turned into a feeling and then resulted in a behaviour"

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gender differences

"it was like boys always take things super seriously and there was, there's always be this, like, divide between the boys and the girls where it was always like, oh yeah, the boys are obviously better, the girls are just here to play along with us because they have to be in this class and like you already felt sort of knocked down a level from the start"

"it discouraged people from participating cause a lot of times, like girls would just go sit in the corner because, like, they already knew from the start that they weren't really feeling equal in that space"

fear of judgement

"you just kind of have that constant feeling that you, you need to be really good, you need to do really good or else people are going to, you know, have negative feelings about you"

clothing

"yeah, I feel like, like sometimes personally, like, sometimes you feel like, I don't know, I don't want to jump because I don't want, like, my skin to show"

"a lot of people wear shorts when they play sports and when you're not wearing shorts, you feel like kind of insecure because you feel different and you're like, what if people think I hate myself and that's why I'm wearing shorts"

"you, sometimes you like, feel like if you see someone slimmer than you, you might be negative in a way saying like, oh, you should look like that, you might need to tone your legs and tone your arms a little, or if you have like a little stomach, you might wanna like suck it in so it. Looks flat, so when you're walking on the side, people won't see that little hump of like the stomach."

physical abilities

"maybe you're not gonna, like, reach for something or dive for something cause you feel like you look stupid. You feel like people are judging you for how you look so I feel like definitely if you're in an environment where you feel judged by other people and you don't feel safe , it's definitely going to hinder how you do in sports because it's something you're focused on so much you'd rather not, you like, you'd rather let the ball go than make yourself look dumb, I guess if you feel that way"