Motivação para prática do pole dance como atividade física por mulheres

Abstract

O presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar fatores motivacionais para a prática de pole dance em mulheres. Fizeram parte da pesquisa trinta mulheres, com idade média de 31 anos. Como instrumentos foram utilizados um questionário socioeconômico e a validação em português do Exercise Motivations Inventory (EMI-2). Para a análise dos dados, usou-se estatística descritiva (média e desvio padrão). Os resultados evidenciaram que houve maior importância para as dimensões motivacionais "condicionamento físico", "diversão e bem-estar" e "controle de estresse". Em menor destaque apareceu a dimensão "reconhecimento social". Embora haja poucos estudos que discutem a prática de pole dance como exercício físico, conclui-se que, para a amostra pesquisada, a motivação para a prática de pole dance tem sido importante para a manutenção da saúde e condicionamento físico.

Pole dance: More than sport. An insight in portuguese reality

“…In addition to these, personal overcoming, improvement in physical condition and self-esteem are also mentioned as reasons to try pole dancing. These reasons are anchored in the premise that pole dancing is an extremely complete and challenging sport, which works the whole body (Potvain, 2021;Mattes et al, 2018;Rosin et al, 2017), but which also has an influence in the psychological (Dimler et al, 2017;Gonçalves, 2021) and social (Nicholas et al, 2018) components.…”

“…The data reveal that the increase in sensuality was also identified by the respondents as a benefit of practicing the modality. In fact, by encouraging participants to develop sensual movements and expressions (Mattes et al, 2018), respondents consider that they are facing a liberating practice, with broad repercussions on self-esteem and confidence (Dimler et al, 2017).…”

“…It is usual for pole dancing classes to emphasize sexual expression, namely, in terms of sensual or eroticized movements and expressions (Mattes, Lopes & Medeiros, 2018). In fact, participants are encouraged to develop their sensual moves, which may be awkward and embarrassing at first, but then, acknowledged as a liberating factor, which allows to increase self-esteem and confidence (Dimler et al, 2017).…”

“…In fact, participants are encouraged to develop their sensual moves, which may be awkward and embarrassing at first, but then, acknowledged as a liberating factor, which allows to increase self-esteem and confidence (Dimler et al, 2017). In addition to these psychological benefits, it is also documented the reduction in anxiety levels, stress and depression (Nicholas et al, 2018;Mattes et al, 2018).…”

“…However, and existing other physically demanding modalities, the most presented reasons in literature (Mattes et al, 2018;Potvain, 2021;Nicholas et al, 2018) to choose pole dance over the others, are related to psychological and social reasons.…”