scholarly journals Risk factors of eating disorders in young female athletes

Food Research ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (S3) ◽  
pp. 83-91
Author(s):  
Suryawati ◽  
F.F. Dieny ◽  
R. Purwanti ◽  
A.F.A. Tsani ◽  
N. Widyastuti
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Young Female ◽  
Image Perception ◽  
Negative Body Image ◽  
Body Image Perception ◽  
Self Confidence

Eating disorders in young female athletes is a serious psychological and health disease which could become an early problem on Female Athlete Triad. Eating disorders are influenced by internal and external factors. This study aimed to determine the risk factors for eating disorders in young female athletes. An observational study with a crosssectional design on eighty-six young female athletes was conducted with consecutive sampling method. Subjects in this study were athletes in athletics, weightlifting, volleyball, beach volleyball, swimming, rowing, fencing, Pencak Silat, karate, taekwondo, judo, sepak takraw, table tennis, and boxing. The inclusion criteria of the subject athletes were young female athletes aged 11-21 years registered at the study site, did not consume alcohol, and voluntary. The nutritional status of the subjects was measured by their Body Mass Index for age score. Eating disorder was measured using the Eating Attitude Test-26 questionnaire and Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale for the type of eating disorders, Rosenberg Self Esteem for Self Confidence, Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-42 for stress level, and Body Shape Questionnaire for body image perception. This study used univariate analysis, bivariate analysis with chi-square and multivariate analysis with logistic regression test. The prevalence of eating disorders risk among the young female athletes in this study was approximately 37.2%, where 9.3% of subjects were bulimia, 5.8% were on the binge of eating disorder, and 22.1% subjects experienced eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS). The multivariate analysis showed that the risk factor of eating disorders in young female athletes was the negative body image perception (p = <0.001; RP:10.5) and stress (p = 0.023; RP:3.5). Nutritional status, self-confidence, and type of exercise were not proven as the risk factors of eating disorder among young female athletes. Based on this study, it can be concluded that the negative body image perception and stress are the risk factors of eating disorders among young female athletes.

scholarly journals Examining multidimensional risk factors for all populations affected by eating disorders

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dylan Park ◽  
Susanna Im
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Body Style ◽  
Ideal Body Image ◽  
Ideal Body ◽  
The One

Decades of studies conducted on eating disorders have given researchers a better understanding of the risk factors of eating disorders. Nevertheless, the complexity of eating disorders results in studies only being able to test a limited sample population, making it difficult to generalize results to the general public. Research must also actively investigate the effect of ongoing technological advancements that have transformed the way people interact with one another on the development of eating disorders. The current study used a literature review style approach to address these current limitations in eating disorder research by analyzing all populations that are affected by eating disorders and the involved risk factors. The research question that this study sought to answer was why only a certain group of individuals develop eating disorders when the entire population is exposed to risk factors. The main hypothesis of this study was whether the internalization of an ideal body style different from the one that an individually currently had while using maladaptive ways to achieve this ideal body image was sufficient to developing an eating disorder. The results supported the hypothesis, as the common theme among all sample populations was that the idealized body style, shape, and size was simply different from the one that individuals currently had. The extent to which this different body style was internalized as well as the extent to which maladaptive measures were taken to achieve this ideal body image was associated with increased vulnerability and likelihood of developing an eating disorder.

Psychosocial Correlates of Disordered Eating Among Male Collegiate Athletes

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 340-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trent A. Petrie ◽  
Christy Greenleaf ◽  
Jennifer E. Carter ◽  
Justine J. Reel
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Collegiate Athletes ◽  
Male Athletes ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Few studies have been conducted examining male athletes and eating disorders, even though the sport environment may increase their risk. Thus, little information exists regarding the relationship of putative risk factors to eating disorders in this group. To address this issue, we examined the relationship of eating disorder classification to the risk factors of body image concerns (including drive for muscularity), negative affect, weight pressures, and disordered eating behaviors. Male college athletes (N= 199) from three different NCAA Division I universities participated. Only two athletes were classified with an eating disorder, though 33 (16.6%) and 164 (82.4%), respectively, were categorized as symptomatic and asymptomatic. Multivariate analyses revealed that eating disorder classification was unrelated to the majority of the risk factors, although the eating disorder group (i.e., clinical and symptomatic) did report greater fear of becoming fat, more weight pressures from TV and from magazines, and higher levels of stress than the asymptomatic athletes. In addition, the eating disorder group had higher scores on the Bulimia Test-Revised (Thelen, Mintz, & Vander Wal, 1996), which validated the Questionnaire for Eating Disorder Diagnosis (Mintz, O’Halloran, Mulholland, & Schneider, 1997) as a measure of eating disorders with male athletes. These findings suggest that variables that have been supported as risk factors among women in general, and female athletes in particular, may not apply as strongly, or at all, to male athletes.

Body image perception, satisfaction and somatotype in male and female athletes and non-athletes: results using a novel morphing technique

2003 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
pp. 815-823 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur D. Stewar ◽  
Philip J. Benson ◽  
Evangelia G. Michanikou ◽  
Dimitra G. Tsiota ◽  
Margarita K. Narli
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Image Perception ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Body Image Perception

scholarly journals Percepción de la imagen corporal de los adolescentes de Huelva atendiendo al género y a la edad (Body image perception by gender and age in adolescents of Huelva)

Retos ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 40-43
Author(s):  
Manuel Javier Arrayás Grajera ◽  
Inmaculada Tornero Quiñones ◽  
Martín Salvador Díaz Bento
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Eating Disorder Inventory ◽  
Image Perception ◽  
Avoidance Behaviors ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Eating Disorders Inventory ◽  
Body Image Avoidance

El objetivo principal de este estudio es comprobar las diferencias entre la percepción de la imagen corporal (en adelante IC) en adolescentes de Huelva atendiendo tanto al género como a la edad. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 226 estudiantes, con edades comprendidas entre 12 y 18 años (M= 13,94; DT= 1,41). La distribución por sexo fue de 54,9% de chicos (n= 124) y 45,1% de chicas (n= 102). Los instrumentos que se utilizaron para evaluar los diferentes componentes de la IC fueron: 1) Para evaluar el componente perceptual se utilizó el método de estimación corporal global de Gardner, Stark, Jackson y Friedman (1999), adaptado al español por Rodríguez, Beato, Rodríguez & Martínez (2003). 2) Para evaluar el componente subjetivo se utilizó la subescala de insatisfacción corporal del Eating Disorders Inventory (EDI) de Garner, Polivy & Olmstead (1983), adaptado a la población española por Garner (1998). 3) Para evaluar el componente conductual se utilizó el Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire (BIAQ,), de Rosen, Salzberg, Srebnik & Went (1990).  Las chicas se sienten más insatisfechas con su IC que los chicos. La mayoría de chicos y chicas coinciden en el deseo de perder peso. Las chicas mostraron un mayor uso de conductas de evitación a causa de la IC que los chicos especialmente en el “modo de llevar la ropa”, “las actividades sociales” y “pesarse y acicalarse”. Las chicas mostraron mayor “Obsesión por la delgadez” que los chicos.Abstract. The main objective of this study is to assess differences in body image (from now on BI) perception among Huelva teenagers, based on gender and age. The sample comprised 226 students aged between 12 and 18 years (M = 13.94, SD = 1.41). Gender distribution was 54.9% boys (n = 124) and 45.1% girls (n = 102). The instruments used to assess the different components of the BI were: 1) Global corporal estimating method of Gardner, Stark, Jackson and Friedman (1999) to evaluate the perceptual component, adapted to Spanish by Rodriguez, Beato, Rodriguez and Martinez (2003); 2) Body dissatisfaction subscale of the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) of Garner, Polivy & Olmstead (1983) to assess the subjective component, adapted to the Spanish population by Garner (1998); 3) Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire (BIAQ) of Rosen, Salzberg, Srebnik & Went (1990) to evaluate the behavioral component. Girls are more dissatisfied with their BI than boys. Most boys and girls have similar desire to lose weight. Girls showed greater use of avoidance behaviors due to BI than boys, especially in the "how to wear clothes", "social activities", and "weighed and groom" subscales. Girls showed greater "obsession with thinness" than boys.

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