Symptoms of eating disorders among female distance runners: can the inconsistencies be unraveled?
| Autor: | Cynthia Breaux, Amanda D. Marks, Donald H. Ryujin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Adult
Male Personality Inventory Universities Models Psychological Developmental psychology Running Feeding and Eating Disorders Sex Factors Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Body Image Humans Women Students Confusion Analysis of Variance biology Operational definition Athletes Case-control study Reproducibility of Results General Medicine medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Test (assessment) Eating disorders Case-Control Studies Female Analysis of variance medicine.symptom Personality Assessment Inventory Psychology human activities |
| Zdroj: | Womenhealth. 30(1) |
| ISSN: | 0363-0242 |
| Popis: | Research on eating disorders among female distance runners has produced a modest, but inconsistent body of findings. To unravel the confusion, we hypothesized a model whereby studies finding greater symptomatology have involved obligatory runners or elite national/international competitors. Studies not finding greater symptomatology have involved a more typical group of athletes. To test our hypothesis, we used the Eating Disorders Inventory-2 (EDI-2) to compare 20 typical female collegiate distance runners to 35 female undergraduate psychology students. Comparisons were also made with norms in the EDI-2 Manual. Consistent with our model, the distance runners showed no enhanced symptomatology. Indeed, they seemed to be comparatively healthy. Operational definitions to further test the model are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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