Sports-related correlates of disordered eating a comparison between aesthetic and ballgame sports
- Prevalence rates for disordered eating vary between different types of sports (Sundgot-Borgen & Torstveit, 2004). In this study, athletes of sports with a high risk and low risk for disordered eating were compared regarding potential sports-related risk factors for disordered eating. One hundred and seventy-one aesthetic and ballgame sports athletes participated in this study (mean age 14.1 +/- 1.8 years). Aesthetic sports athletes reported more disordered eating behaviors, sports-related body dissatisfaction, a greater desire to be leaner to improve sports performance and greater social pressure from the sports environment than did ballgame sports athletes. Emotional distress resulting from missed exercise sessions and the desire to be leaner to improve sports performance predicted disordered eating in both sport types. The results suggest that the kinds of risk factors for disordered eating are equal among sport types, but some potential risk factors are more prevalent in aesthetic sports.
Author details: | Eva M. Krentz, Petra WarschburgerORCiDGND |
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ISSN: | 0047-0767 |
Title of parent work (English): | International journal of sport and exercise psychology |
Publisher: | Pozzi |
Place of publishing: | Roma |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of first publication: | 2011 |
Publication year: | 2011 |
Release date: | 2017/03/26 |
Tag: | Adolescent; Body dissatisfaction; Eating disorder; Elite athlete |
Volume: | 42 |
Issue: | 6 |
Number of pages: | 17 |
First page: | 548 |
Last Page: | 564 |
Funding institution: | Federal Ministry of Education and Research [BMBF 01EL0607] |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Institution name at the time of the publication: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Psychologie |