Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7253047 | Psychology of Sport and Exercise | 2018 | 37 Pages |
Abstract
Despite the stigma and negative stereotypes associated with participation in activities such as pole dancing, participants described how this perception contributed to a heightened sense of community that, in part, drove continued participation. Accordingly, these findings make a novel contribution to established bodies of literature grounded in stigma and optimal distinctiveness theory. Given the rise in popularity of some female-predominant stigmatized exercise pursuits (e.g., belly dancing, roller derby, lingerie football), research that examines this network of motives in other settings would be valuable in the future.
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Authors
Joanna C. Nicholas, James A. Dimmock, Cyril J. Donnelly, Jacqueline A. Alderson, Ben Jackson,