Coach Pressure and Disordered Eating in Female Collegiate Athletes: Is the Coach-Athlete Relationship a Mediating Factor?
| Autor: | Justine Reel, Ashley Coker-Cranney |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
biology Kinesiology Athletes business.industry Mediational analysis education biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Sport psychology Coaching Developmental psychology Eating disorders Weight management Physical therapy medicine Disordered eating Psychology business human activities Applied Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology. 9:213-231 |
| ISSN: | 1932-927X 1932-9261 |
| DOI: | 10.1123/jcsp.2014-0052 |
| Popis: | When athletes “uncritically accept” the coaching expectations associated with their sport, negative health consequences (e.g., disordered eating behaviors, clinical eating disorders) may result. The coach’s influence on disordered eating behaviors may be a product of factors related to overconformity to the sport ethic, issues with coach communication regarding recommendations for weight management, and the strength of the coach-athlete relationship. The present study investigated perceived weight-related coach pressure, the coach-athlete relationship, and disordered eating behaviors by surveying 248 female varsity athletes and dancers from four universities. Mediational analysis revealed that the coach-athlete relationship was a partial mediating variable between perceived coach pressures and disordered eating behaviors. Subsequently, strong relationships between coaches and their athletes may reduce the negative impact of perceived weight-related coach pressure on the development or exacerbation of disordered eating behaviors in female collegiate athletes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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