RT Article
T1 The Importance of Reflexivity in Program Development: A Case Study Involving Teaching Self-Defense to Middle School Girls in PE Class
JF Violence against women
VO 30
IS 1
SP 275
OP 296
A1 Follo, Giovanna
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1871129486
AB This research used a self-defense program to explore how middle school girls could change their perspectives on the gendered roles of victim and protector within an empowered self-defense approach. Taking the dual role of researcher and self-defense instructor, I developed a program to influence changing information strips directed toward gender norms, behavior, and discourse. Reflexive thematic analysis was utilized due to its intersection of the researcher's experience, literature, and theory. The research consisted of 40 girls journaling and 23 girls completing a post-program survey. Findings suggested that reflexive body techniques through self-defense could potentially impact internalized gendered information strips.
K1 informational strips
K1 Gender
K1 Self-defense
K1 middle school girls
K1 program development
DO 10.1177/10778012231205590