Relationships Between Violent Sexual Victimization and Muscle-Building Exercise among Adolescents from the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey.

Kyle T GansonAlexander TestaRachel F RodgersDylan B JacksonJason M Nagata

Published in: The Journal of school health (2023)

A history of violent sexual victimization is associated with greater involvement in muscle-building exercise, particularly among adolescent girls. Engagement in muscle-building exercise in relation to violent sexual victimization may be a means of emotion regulation and occur due to body dissatisfaction resulting from experiencing violence.

Keyphrases

mental health
high intensity
physical activity
intimate partner violence
skeletal muscle
resistance training
young adults
high school
cross sectional