Bell, Beth T orcid.org/0000-0002-6587-0336, Norminton, Sarah and Dollimore, Kora (2024) ‘I’ve learned a lot about myself this year’:Young student women’s perceptions of their cumulative use of digital fitness technologies across the Covid-19 pandemic. Journal of Health Psychology. p. 13591053231225598. ISSN 1359-1053
Abstract
Many young women turned to digital fitness technologies (DFT) to support their health and wellbeing during the covid-19 pandemic. The present study explores young student women's retrospective perceptions of their cumulative engagement with DFT, across periods of restriction and easing (March 2020-2021). Seventeen UK-based women (Age M = 20.29, SD = 1.72); Ethnicity White = 94.12% participated in one-on-one interviews using an adapted scroll-back technique. Data was analysed using narrative-informed reflexive thematic analysis. Three themes were developed: My lockdown #fitnesstransformation: DFT as information and inspiration, My unrealistic expectations: DFT as a source of comparison and concern and My new body positive and resilient self: DFT as a catalyst to self-development. Themes highlight how perceptions of DFT changed over time as a consequence of repeat engagement, sociocultural context and psychological meaning-making. Crucially, findings underscore the importance of examining the collective and cumulative effects of DFT engagement on health and wellbeing, both positive and negative.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2024. |
Keywords: | body image,fitness,health,social media,technology,thematic analysis |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Education (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 04 Mar 2024 14:50 |
Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2025 00:53 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053231225598 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/13591053231225598 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:209897 |
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