• What is the "Never Enough Epidemic"?
• What is the "Meat Market"?
• How do we get to Empowerment?
Objectives
1. Understand what the "Never Enough" Epidemic is, and how to combat it.
2. Define Empowerment and understand the levels that create it.
3. Understand "Identity Development" theory and the crucial role it plays in college.
4. Learn a 13-move boxing combination.
Nick Milodragovich is the co-owner of Pink Gloves Boxing, which means he has more pink in his closet than you do. Originally from the mountains of Montana, Nick has also done things like play collegiate football, make independent feature films, and make dirty water clean (as a civil engineer). Nick thrives off the full expression and rich articulation found in any actualizing person.
34. Community I.D.
• Why is it important?
–increased confidence and
willpower…
–more stable emotions
–better social skills
–better physical health,
–increased mindfulness, like-
ability, and sense of control
–more acts of altruism.
36. Identity Development
• General
– Erikson’s (1968) stage theory
• Student Identity Development
– Chickering’s (1969) seven vectors
• Women’s Identity Development
– Gilligan (1982) and women’s moral development
– Josselson (1987) and women’s identity
development
– Belenky et al. (1997) and women’s epistemology
37. Identity Development
• Josselson’s Theory of Identity Development in
Women (1987, 1996)
– Developed specifically for college-aged women
• “View identity in women in women’s own terms”
(Josselson, 1987, p. 27)
– Four identity statuses determined by experiencing
a crisis and/or committing to an identity
38. Methods (1 of 4)
• Sample
– Purposeful sampling (Patton, 1990)
– 5 undergraduate women from two different large
state universities
Participant Age Area of Study
Bethany 22 Psychology
Emma 21 Environmental
Engineering
Kelly 21 Business
Management
Samantha 21 Animal Science
Tiffany 22 Pre-Law & Writing
39. Methods (2 of 4)
• Qualitative Semi-Structured Interviews
– Josselson’s Clinical Identity Inventory (1987)
– Group Fitness Experience Items
• Sample items
– “If there is a person you want to get to know, what
sorts of things would you tell them about you?”
– “Right now, what is the thing you like to do the
most?”
– “Do you think participation in these classes impacts
how you see yourself?”
– “What do you think the other people in the class think
about you?”
40. Methods (3 of 4)
• Reliability
– Data and theory
triangulation
(Golafshani, 2003)
Theory
Coder 1Coder 2
42. Results
Theme 1: The Value of Relationships
Theme 2: The Value of Learning
Theme 3: The Value of Confidence
Theme 4: Desire for Independence
Theme 5: The Role of Group Fitness
45. “My role in this class confirmed my
goals for my career and it gave me
new self-confidence” – Kelly
“We have that hour to either heal or
to think about something else…It
encourages women to be very mindful
of who they are” – Tiffany
46. “You can make friends in a fitness class
and who knows if that’s going to be a
great new relationship. It has every
potential to be” – Bethany
“With Pink Gloves it was not forced,
but you became a community…You
could talk to people during class and
after class” – Samantha
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Gilligan, C. (1982). In a different voice: Psychological theory and women's
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[The BANG! The Opening IMAGE]
Nick: First off, I think we should address the pink elephant in the room…
Four years ago, I almost lost a friend to Pink Gloves Boxing. I asked her to try out the class and made her feel uncomfortable. I’ve often analyzed what happened then, and I had my answer.
We both found we were asking the same questions and together, we could fill in each other’s blind spot and figure out the mystery of where Identity Development comes from.
As I have found out, I haven’t made any part of PGB, PGB has made me. It has been the medium in which I have learned. It has taught me to see things in another light – and those conclusions are the opposite of conventional wisdom.
Allie story
Allie story
"PGB changes a person from the inside out. Oftentimes, people leave a spin class or the gym and the world and problems come tumbling back. PGB confronts the issues, from the inside, so the world is seen from a whole new perspective.”
(Something akin to that). It's like leaving SoulCycle and while you feel amazing, it doesn't change WHO you are, it changes HOW you look (as a quick example of my thought process.)"
The role of fitness today isn't just about building better bodies and making more sweat, it's about building better communities and making stronger people – in both body and mind. And just like the body and mind, fitness is inseparably from wellness – the body's health is part of our overall health.
So what part of our overall health is improved by something as simple as group fitness? That was the goal of our research: To understand the extent of women's identity development in group fitness classes.
To get there, we first need to define what identity development is and why it is important.
Our goal is to illustrate why WE think looking at identity development is relevant, but we want to know what YOU think first. So…
- What do you know about identity development in college?
- What role do you see campus recreation playing in identity development? What about group fitness classes specifically?
It’s important because people with well-developed identities tend to:…... [This type of identity development leads to increased confidence and willpower. Increased Willpower leads to more stable emotions, better social skills, better physical health, increased mindfulness, like-ability, and sense of control, and more acts of altruism.
The role of fitness today isn't just about building better bodies and making more sweat, it's about building better communities and making stronger people – in both body and mind. And just like the body and mind, fitness is inseparably from wellness – the body's health is part of our overall health.
So what part of our overall health is improved by something as simple as group fitness? That was the goal of our research: To understand the extent of women's identity development in group fitness classes.
To get there, we first need to define what identity development is and why it is important.
Our goal is to illustrate why WE think looking at identity development is relevant, but we want to know what YOU think first. So…
- What do you know about identity development in college?
- What role do you see campus recreation playing in identity development? What about group fitness classes specifically?
It’s important because people with well-developed identities tend to:…... [This type of identity development leads to increased confidence and willpower. Increased Willpower leads to more stable emotions, better social skills, better physical health, increased mindfulness, like-ability, and sense of control, and more acts of altruism.
I plan on talking about the framework like a funnel – cover the big stuff that laid the groundwork then get specific to our study
Identity:
Rooted in Erikson’s (1963) stage theory
Personal (self-descriptive traits/behaviors) or Social (roles viewed as important or representative of self)
Manifestations: goals/end states such as behaviors, emotions, beliefs, knowledge, and values
Dimensions: Competency, emotional, autonomy, purpose, relationships, racial/ethnic, sexual (Moran, 2003)
Women’s Identity
Must be viewed from women’s perspective
Examine within a “context of difference” to take into account “influences of power, privilege, silence, and voice” (Jones, 1999, p. 376)
Josselson:
Foreclosures: Purveyors of the Heritage – Women who graduate from college with identity commitment with no experience in identity crisis, little identity change, seek security in relationships2. Identity Achievements: Pavers of the Way – Break psychological ties to childhood & form separate, distinct identities, reorganize sense of self and identity, commit to who they are in relation to others & decide how they want to contribute to other’s lives3. Moratoriums: Daughters of the Crisis – Unstable time of experimenting & searching for new identities, internalize the paradox there are many ways to be right, sticks with one way and if challenged, crisis will ensue.4. Identity Diffusions: Lost and Sometimes Found – Lack of crisis & commitment, low ego development, high anxiety, withdraws from situations, fails to internalize varied experiences, little attachment to inner self
I put it into a table but feel free to change the way the info is represented
Sample items might benefit from a better visual representation
I’ll also talk a bit about some of the challenges with measuring identity development
-there’s no quantitative instrument for Josselson’s work
-identity as a complex construct with multiple dimensions (gender, ethnicity, sexuality, etc)
“Coding is the starting activity in qualitative analysis, and the foundation for what comes later” (Creswell, 2009, p. 176)
Descriptive: identify and label what’s in the data
Analytic: interpret and conceptualize descriptives
Theme 1: Really echoes the work of Gilligan and Josselson
** I will send slides with examples from the interviews for each of these
** Do you think there’s anything I’m missing that doesn’t fit into these three areas?
What our research helped show was the often overlooked yet overpowering connection between identity development and relationships.
Identity development comes from our relationships. We define ourselves largely by our relationships, and our relationships largely define who we are.
Or in english: "We are who we hang out with. "
So if we hang out with good people, in a great hangout, we can be our best self.
What our research helped show was the often overlooked yet overpowering connection between identity development and relationships.
Identity development comes from our relationships. We define ourselves largely by our relationships, and our relationships largely define who we are.
Or in english: "We are who we hang out with. "
So if we hang out with good people, in a great hangout, we can be our best self.
What our research helped show was the often overlooked yet overpowering connection between identity development and relationships.
Identity development comes from our relationships. We define ourselves largely by our relationships, and our relationships largely define who we are.
Or in english: "We are who we hang out with. "
So if we hang out with good people, in a great hangout, we can be our best self.
This poem is a reminder that everyone has a Champion on the inside, we just need to reveal it.
Fat Chance
Patricia Pink was the new girl in town
Her friends called her Patty, but her friends weren’t around
After a while Patty had made many a new friend
Which angered Betsy Blue, who put it to an end
Betsy Blue was the cool girl in town
Yet she built herself up by tearing others down
She waited for the time, and when the timing was right
She walked towards Patty, to pick a fight
In the hall, in front of all, Betsy yelled out, “Fatty!”
Then Betsy Blue, spit out her chew, right in the face of Patty
Poor Miss Pink, lost her drink, and ran to hide her shame
Full of pain and in the rain, she bawled but no one came
Then a muddy newspaper caught her eye
Talking about people helping people reach the sky
Patty read the line and saw the words, “Reveal your Champion from Within."
She yelled so loud she scared the birds, “This is a group I belong in!”
Jab straight hook hook, slip duck block back
She trained with friends and got the knack
The weeks passed quickly and Patty grew stronger
Her feelings of hurt were almost no longer
Until she remembered that rainy day and disgusting chew
Until she ran smack into a frowning Betsy Blue
But a closed fist wasn’t the gist, only the open hand of Patty Pink
Then Betsy’s frown turned upside down and later they shared a drink
Betsy Blue, has gone on to do, many remarkable things
A great life, mother and wife, joy is what she brings
And if you ask, you'll hear her say
It was Patty who led the way
It was Patty, who found that “fatty” was only a feeling inside,
Her empty talk, a mental block, so she cast that feeling aside
And overcoming it, with the feeling of “fit,” she showed her kindest stance
Because you never know, what good may grow, when you give someone a chance
~ Nick Milodragovich
Allie story
Additional Conclusion Notes
If our goal in campus recreation goes beyond just building better bodies, we need to explore the best way to incorporate the mind and the mouth. We need to actively think about how to program for positive "I.D." experiences.
Our research supports existing Identity Development theories for women. Further exploration is needed to truly measure the role of group exercise. We hope our first step inspires you to start asking questions about the role of your programming in the lives of female undergrads.
So we are responsible to take what we learn – every tool, study, and strategy – and apply them as best we can.
Relationship-driven fitness can not only help us shape a fitter body, but an empowered community of confident, strong, supportive, well-developed, and socially intelligent leaders of generations to come.
Works cited should be our final slide
Additional Conclusion Notes
If our goal in campus recreation goes beyond just building better bodies, we need to explore the best way to incorporate the mind and the mouth. We need to actively think about how to program for positive "I.D." experiences.
Our research supports existing Identity Development theories for women. Further exploration is needed to truly measure the role of group exercise. We hope our first step inspires you to start asking questions about the role of your programming in the lives of female undergrads.
So we are responsible to take what we learn – every tool, study, and strategy – and apply them as best we can.
Relationship-driven fitness can not only help us shape a fitter body, but an empowered community of confident, strong, supportive, well-developed, and socially intelligent leaders of generations to come.
Additional Conclusion Notes
If our goal in campus recreation goes beyond just building better bodies, we need to explore the best way to incorporate the mind and the mouth. We need to actively think about how to program for positive "I.D." experiences.
Our research supports existing Identity Development theories for women. Further exploration is needed to truly measure the role of group exercise. We hope our first step inspires you to start asking questions about the role of your programming in the lives of female undergrads.
So we are responsible to take what we learn – every tool, study, and strategy – and apply them as best we can.
Relationship-driven fitness can not only help us shape a fitter body, but an empowered community of confident, strong, supportive, well-developed, and socially intelligent leaders of generations to come.