The aim of this study was to explore the physical activity behaviors and body image of adolescent girls and their mothers. Adolescent girls (N = 44) and their mothers (N = 19) were recruited from three middle schools (two Colorado and one South Carolina). Girls qualifying for free or reduced-price lunches comprised 53% (South Carolina), 32% (Colorado), and 39% (Colorado) of participants. Focus groups with questions pertaining to body image and physical activity were conducted with daughters and mothers. The study was approved by the first author’s Institutional Review Board. Data were assessed using the five-step framework analysis. A thematic framework was identified, quotes were divided under the thematic content, and results were then interpreted by analyzing links among the whole data set. Four themes and eight subthemes emerged: (1) complex communication, with subthemes of daughter’s frustration and mother’s confusion, (2) societal expectations of women, with subthemes of social networks and women’s bodies, (3) high prevalence of social comparison, with subthemes of mother/daughter comparison and peer comparison, and (4) daughters’ awareness of mother’s health behaviors, with subthemes of weight loss and physical activity. Interventions aimed at improving adolescent girls’ health should include support for mothers as well as a psychosocial health and a mother’s educational component.

这项研究的目的是探讨少女及其母亲的体育锻炼行为和身体形象。青春期女孩（N = 44）和他们的母亲（N= 19）是从三所中学（两所科罗拉多州和一所南卡罗来纳州）招募的。有资格获得免费或减价午餐的女孩占53％（南卡罗来纳州），32％（科罗拉多州）和39％（科罗拉多州）的参与者。与女儿和母亲进行了有关身体形象和体育锻炼问题的焦点小组讨论。该研究得到第一作者的机构审查委员会的批准。使用五步框架分析评估数据。确定了一个主题框架，将引号划分为主题内容，然后通过分析整个数据集之间的链接来解释结果。出现了四个主题和八个子主题：（1）复杂的交流，带有女儿的沮丧和母亲的困惑的子主题，（2）妇女的社会期望，带有社交网络和女性身体的子主题，（3）社交比较的普遍性较高，以母婴比较和同伴比较为子主题，（4）女儿对母亲的健康行为的意识以减肥和体育锻炼为子主题。旨在改善少女健康的干预措施应包括对母亲的支持以及心理社会健康和母亲的教育组成部分。