Table 1 Structured interview questions and prompts
From: Cyclic patterns of high-risk behaviours within ballet culture
Question | Question | Follow-up prompts |
|---|---|---|
1 | Could you please provide a brief history of the school(s) you trained at? For example, what type of ballet training? Did you train in other genres? Did you have access to other conditioning classes or pas de deux? | Did you attend summer intensives and if so, where? |
2 | Are you dancing in a professional ballet company, looking for a job, or retired? | (If currently dancing): Where are you dancing now? Have you danced with any other companies previously? |
(If retired): What company/companies did you dance with? Why did you retire? | ||
3 | Have you ever suffered from a ballet-related acute or chronic injury? If so, please provide details about the injury or injuries? | Did any of these injuries create prolonged challenges for your career? |
Did any of these injuries create prolonged challenges to your mental or physical health? | ||
4 | Do you think body dysmorphia or having a distorted body image is a problem in the ballet industry? | Have you or any of your fellow dancers ever struggled with body image or body dysmorphia? If so, what do you think the causes were? |
5 | Do you think eating disorders are a problem in the ballet world? | Have you or any of your friends in the ballet world struggled with an ED? If so, could you provide as many details as you are willing to share? |
(If yes): Do you believe there was a link between ballet and the onset of your eating disorder? If so, please explain | ||
6 | Do you think that mental health is a problem in the ballet industry? | Have you or any of your friends in the ballet world experienced challenges with mental health? |
(If yes): Do you believe ballet contributed/contributes to your mental health challenges and if so how? | ||
7 | Do you believe substance use is a problem in ballet culture? | Have you or any of your friends ever used or misused substances while dancing? |
(If yes): What do you believe was the reason for this substance use? | ||
(If yes): Do you believe these patterns of substance use negatively impacted the lives of you or people that you know and if so how? | ||
8 | Do you think sexual violence is a problem in the ballet world? | Have you or friends/peers endured sexual violence in the ballet world? If so, please explain in as much or as little detail as you are comfortable with (who, where, what, duration)? |