Professional Competencies of Health and Fitness Instructors

Jankauskienė, Rasa; Pajaujienė, Simona

doi:10.26582/k.50.2.16

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“…Similar to non-athletes, body dissatisfaction was related directly to disordered eating and may be a primary risk factor. This coincides with the findings in other studies (Neuman-Szteiner et al, 2006 a;Jankauskienė et al, 2008;Petrie, Greenleaf, 2011). Since appearance internalization in athletes directly correlated only with unhealthy weight loss behavior and disordered eating, unhealthy exercising behavior seemed not to have depended on sociocultural environment and body dissatisfaction; it stemmed more from their sport specificity and coach's role.…”

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confidence: 93%

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Sociocultural Ideal Internalization, Body Dissatisfaction and Weight Control Behavior among Adolescent Athletes and Non-Athlete Adolescents. Does that Need Education?

Pajaujienė¹,

Jankauskienė²

2018

BJSHS

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Research background and hypothesis. Many young people are concerned about their body size and shape because of the social pressures to conform to a thin body ideal. Athletes face additional pressures related to performance and, for some of them, aesthetic and weight category demands. Modification of body build is often attempted via diet and exercise, so the data were also gathered on attitudes toward eating and weight control – exercising behavior. Research aim was to examine media influence, body dissatisfaction, unhealthy weight loss behavior (UWLB) and unhealthy exercising behavior (UEB), risk of eating disorders (DE) in the sample of non-athletic and athletic adolescents. We proposed a hypothesis that adolescents aiming at matching social expectations of body image were more likely to be dissatisfied with their appearance as well as have worse weight control behavior and higher risk of eating disorders. We expected that these associations would not differ among athletic and non-athletic adolescents. Research methods. 11th grade students (n = 805, mean age – 17.23 (0.6) years, 476 (58.9%) females, 233 (28.9%) athletes) filled in anonymous questionnaires, which consisted of Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Scale (SATAQ-3, Thompson et al., 2004), Body Areas Satisfaction Scale from MBSRQ-AS (Cash, 2004), EAT-26 (Garner et al., 1982) and specially for this study created Unhealthy Weight Loss Behavior Scale. Research results. Nearly half of adolescents reported using at least one UWLB or/and UEB, 87 adolescents (more girls, p < 0.05) full into ED risk group with no differences between athletes and non-athletes (p > 0.05). Media influence did not differ between groups, but non-athletes were more dissatisfied with their body (p < 0.05), had more expressed UWLB (p < 0.05), although adolescents who participated in sports demonstrated more UEB (p < 0.05). Discussion and conclusions. Adolescents who more dramatically internalized the social body standards were more dissatisfied with their appearance, had worse weight control behavior and higher risk for eating disorder. These associations basically did not differ between athletes and non-athletes.

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confidence: 93%

“…Although weight classification in sports was designed to ensure healthy, safe, and equitable participation, these sportsmen along with aesthetic sports used the most unhealthy weight control behavior (De Bruin et al, 2007;Rouveix et al, 2007;Jankauskienė et al, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

Sociocultural Ideal Internalization, Body Dissatisfaction and Weight Control Behavior among Adolescent Athletes and Non-Athlete Adolescents. Does that Need Education?

Pajaujienė¹,

Jankauskienė²

2018

BJSHS

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“…Finally, in Lithuania, more qualified coaches are working in competitive sports than in leisure exercising (all coaches in competitive subsectors have higher education diplomas in sport studies). Therefore, it might be that they approach body weight managing and body image concerns-related issues more professionally than the fitness instructors or dance teachers who have less education in sport [57].…”

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confidence: 99%

Body Image and Disturbed Eating Attitudes and Behaviors in Sport-Involved Adolescents: The Role of Gender and Sport Characteristics

Jankauskienė

Bacevičienė

2019

Nutrients

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Disordered eating in adolescents who participate in sports is an issue of great concern. However, very few studies have examined the prevalence of sport-related determinants of disturbed eating attitudes and behaviours (DEABs) in sport-involved adolescents. The present study aims to assess body image and DEABs in the sample of adolescents involved in a sport of different characteristics (competitive sport, leisure sport; weight-sensitive and less-weight-sensitive sport) and to compare the results with those of the controls. A total sample of 732 adolescents (437 (59.4%) were female) participated in the study. The participants ranged in age from 16 to 19 years (mean = 17.2, SD = 0.6). Study participants completed a questionnaire assessing sports characteristics, body image, disordered eating, and health-compromising eating behaviours. Analysis of covariance was used to test the differences of major study variables between controls and weight-sensitive and less-weight-sensitive leisure and competitive sports groups. There was no significant difference observed in DEABs between the sports groups. Competitive athletes reported more satisfaction with body image than controls. The girls participating in weight-sensitive leisure sports reported higher overweight preoccupation and greater DEABs compared to those participating in less-weight-sensitive leisure sports. Boys participating in weight-sensitive leisure sports reported a greater drive for muscularity-related behaviour compared to those participating in less-weight-sensitive leisure sports. There was no observed interaction between gender and weight sensitivity in the competitive sports group. Adolescents involved in a competitive sport demonstrated greater body image satisfaction and did not seem to present a greater risk for DEABs than controls. Special prevention attempts for lowering body image concerns and DEABs should be addressed for adolescents participating in a weight-sensitive leisure sports.

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“…Unfortunately, few studies have explored the professional competencies in practice and satisfaction of fitness education programs for PTs and GFIs. Although Jankauskiene [15] conducted a study that tested the professional competencies of health and fitness instructors, the findings only revealed the pass rate of the core and specific knowledge test for fitness and group fitness instructor. The study lacks insight into the correlation between the essential professional competencies and the fitness education programs.…”

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Can Fitness Education Programs Satisfy Fitness Professionals’ Competencies? Integrating Traditional and Revised Importance-Performance Analysis and Three-Factor Theory

Hsieh

2020

IJERPH

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The purpose of this study is to assess whether fitness education programs could meet the needs or competencies of fitness professionals such as personal trainers and group fitness instructors. A mixed method was adopted to address the objectives of the study. In the first step, a semi-structured interview was conducted with five fitness experts to identify the five dimensions of professional competencies. In the second step, an online survey and paper questionnaires were utilized to collect data from 324 eligible subjects. Traditional importance-performance analysis, revised importance-performance analysis, and the three-factor theory were used to analyze the collected data. The results indicate that “professional skill,” “career development,” and “public relations” are the three most critical professional competencies. “Nutrition” and “coping with stress” should be strengthened and improved in fitness education programs. “Administrative management” is the least important professional competency. Multi-competencies development and lifelong learning are the factors for a successful fitness trainer.

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Professional Competencies of Health and Fitness Instructors

Cited by 10 publications

References 23 publications

Sociocultural Ideal Internalization, Body Dissatisfaction and Weight Control Behavior among Adolescent Athletes and Non-Athlete Adolescents. Does that Need Education?

Sociocultural Ideal Internalization, Body Dissatisfaction and Weight Control Behavior among Adolescent Athletes and Non-Athlete Adolescents. Does that Need Education?

Body Image and Disturbed Eating Attitudes and Behaviors in Sport-Involved Adolescents: The Role of Gender and Sport Characteristics

Can Fitness Education Programs Satisfy Fitness Professionals’ Competencies? Integrating Traditional and Revised Importance-Performance Analysis and Three-Factor Theory

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