Open AccessInternational Female Perspective on Roller Derby and Body Image
Author(s) -
Andrea Eklund,
Barbara Masburg
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of social science research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2375-9747
pISSN - 2332-5534
DOI - 10.22158/wjssr.v2n1p104
Subject(s) - respondent , league , general partnership , perspective (graphical) , null hypothesis , psychology , descriptive statistics
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact participation in roller derby has on body image from an international perspective. An online Qualtrics survey was used to gather data from 814 female skaters from 246 international roller derby leagues. The survey contained quantitative questions from the Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire (MBSRQ) along data such as demographic investigation, importance of roller derby, and the reasons for joining and continuing were analyzed using SPSS software. Basic descriptive analysis was completed. Questions seeking qualitative data were coded initially to identify patterns in the data. Further codifying was completed in order to group data into categories and themes. Based upon the data, a typical respondent was Caucasian, 20 to 40 years of age, married/domestic partnership, and has a post-secondary degree. The null hypothesis was rejected as there was a significant difference when comparing means of the MBSRQ prior to joining and currently.