Deconstructing Disordered Eating: A Feminist Psychological Approach to the Body, Food, and Exercise Relationship in Female Athletes

Busanich, Rebecca; McGannon, Kerry R.

doi:10.1080/00336297.2010.10483656

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“…The current study utilized a social constructivist approach that seeks to understand the participants' views and interpretations of their experiences within their particular contexts, rather than trying to find a universal 'truth' that Methods 33 is independent of human interpretations and social meanings (Creswell, 2013). Similarly, other research studies have used this approach to understand complex phenomenon embedded in the social contexts of sport such as athletes' accounts of eating disorders (Busanich & McGannon, 2010) and emotions during athletic performance (Locke, 2003). The current study was interested in the participants' views of coaching first-year athletes in their specific context of Canadian university sport, and assumed that their knowledge and perspectives were co-created with daily social interactions within their settings.…”

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Intercollegiate coaches’ experiences and strategies for coaching first-year athletes^*

Kim

Bloom

Bennie

2016

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health

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University student-athletes have reported difficulties balancing the rigors of academics, athletics, and their personal lives (Heller, Bloom, Neil, & Salmela, 2005). These challenges may be exacerbated for first-year athletes who are transitioning from high school and often living away from home for the first time. Given that coaches significantly influence their athletes' experiences (Bloom, Falcão, & Caron, 2014), their coaching styles and support may ease this transition process. Thus, the purpose of the current study was to investigate university coaches' perceptions, experiences, and strategies used with first-year university student-athletes. Eight highly successful and experienced Canadian university coaches were individually interviewed. The interview data was analyzed with thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006). The results revealed that coaches' ultimate goal of helping their athletes succeed in life after university influenced their coaching practices throughout the athletes' entire university experience from first year to graduation. Coaching first-year athletes started with recruiting individuals who were highly skilled and who would fit in with the other athletes on their team both on and off the field. Once selected, coaches began building trusting relationships with their first-year athletes that were supported by the leadership skills of their senior athletes and by incorporating team building activities into training. Coaches developed their first-year athletes' athletic skills by creating training programs that addressed each players' weaknesses. At the same time, coaches ensured their academic success by monitoring their progress and encouraging the use of academic resources that were available from their university. The coaches also attended to their athletes' personal needs which resulted from coaching individuals who were living away from home for the first time and who were susceptible to social opportunities that could distract them from their academic and athletic responsibilities if not carefully monitored by the coaches. In sum, this study adds to the body of literature of effective coaching practices for university coaches by providing one of the first empirical accounts of coaching first-year student-athletes. The current results benefit both coaches and athletes by highlighting the common challenges of a first-year university athlete, as well as by offering useful strategies that can help resolve such challenges and ease this transition process.iii Résumé Les étudiants-athlètes universitaires ont de la difficulté à équilibrer les rigueurs associées aux études, aux sports et à leurs vies personnelles (Heller, Bloom, Neil, & Salmela, 2005). Ces défis peuvent être exacerbés pour les étudiants-athlètes de première année qui sont en transition du secondaire à l'université et qui vivent souvent loin de leur domicile pour la première fois. É tant donné que les entraîneurs influencent l'expérience de leurs athlètes (Bloom, Falcão, & Caron, 2014), leurs styles d'entraînement et de...

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Intercollegiate coaches’ experiences and strategies for coaching first-year athletes^*

Kim

Bloom

Bennie

2016

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health

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“…On this level, because ORTO-15 is used as a diagnostic tool to determine the prevalence of orthorexia, the individual will take the blame as long as orthorexia is described in individual terms rather than as consequences of particular societies. A similar critique has been launched against the medical model that underpins existing research on eating disorders (Busanich & McGannon, 2010 ). Instead, these disorders should be described as multicausal illnesses (Papathomas, 2014 ) with psychological and biological explanations as well as social and cultural influences (Polivy & Herman, 2002 ).…”

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Orthorexia nervosa: An integrative literature review of a lifestyle syndrome

Håman

Barker-Ruchti

Patriksson

et al. 2015

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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Bratman first proposed orthorexia nervosa in the late 1990s, defining it an obsession with eating healthy food to achieve, for instance, improved health. Today, in the Swedish media, excessive exercising plays a central role in relation to orthorexia. A few review articles on orthorexia have been conducted; however, these have not focused on aspects of food and eating, sport, exercise, or a societal perspective. The overall aim of this study was to provide an overview and synthesis of what philosophies of science approaches form the current academic framework of orthorexia. Key questions were: What aspects of food and eating are related to orthorexia? What role do exercise and sports play in relation to orthorexia? In what ways are orthorexia contextualized? Consequently, the concept of healthism was used to discuss and contextualize orthorexia. The method used was an integrative literature review; the material covered 19 empirical and theoretical articles published in peer-reviewed journals. This review demonstrates a multifaceted nature of orthorexia research; this field has been examined from four different philosophies of science approaches (i.e., empirical-atomistic, empirical-atomistic with elements of empirical-holistic, empirical-holistic, and rational-holistic) on individual, social, and societal levels. The majority of the articles followed an empirical-atomistic approach that focused on orthorexia as an individual issue, which was discussed using healthism. Our analysis indicates a need for (a) more empirical-holistic research that applies interpretive qualitative methods and uses a social perspective of health, e.g., healthism and (b) examining the role of sports and exercise in relation to orthorexia that takes the problematizing of “orthorexic behaviours” within the sports context into account.

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“…These contradictions could 22 potentially be due to the importance that coaches placed on weight for performance, and the 23 "ideal" female athlete body, whilst simultaneously recognizing a need to prevent disordered 24 eating. Beliefs about the link between weight and performance have little empirical support 1 (e.g., Sherman, Thompson & Rose, 1996) yet manifest strongly within sports environments, 2 as "taken-for-granted truths" about the female athlete body (Busanich & McGannon, 2010). 3…”

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“…of their relative success, and the challenges they encounter have yet to be considered within 8 the wider sporting context. In particular, there is a need to explore how coach actions may 9 contribute towards, or reduce elements of the sport environment that can promote disordered 10 eating (e.g., Busanich & McGannon, 2010;Waldron & Krane, 2005). 11…”

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Identifying and preventing disordered eating among athletes: Perceptions of track and field coaches

Plateau¹,

McDermott²,

Arcelus³

et al. 2014

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

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A note on versions:The version presented here may differ from the published version or, version of record, if you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher's version. Please see the 'permanent WRAP url' above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription. Results: Track and field coaches reported using physical, social and performance indicators 7 to identify disordered eating in their athletes. Coaches also monitored their athletes' eating 8 attitudes and behaviors. Weight loss (both observed and objectively monitored) was 9 considered to be a key indicator of disordered eating. Coaches placed a high level of 10 importance on weight for performance, and an "ideal" female athlete body. Previous 11 experiences of detecting disordered eating and a close relationship with the athlete facilitated 12 the identification of disordered eating. Athlete secrecy and masking behaviors, difficulties in 13 communication and coaches' stereotypical beliefs were found to complicate the identification 14 process. 15Conclusions: This study highlights the need for additional information, advice and guidance 16 for track and field coaches to improve their knowledge and confidence in identifying 17 disordered eating among their athletes. 18

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Deconstructing Disordered Eating: A Feminist Psychological Approach to the Body, Food, and Exercise Relationship in Female Athletes

Cited by 32 publications

References 52 publications

Intercollegiate coaches’ experiences and strategies for coaching first-year athletes^*

Intercollegiate coaches’ experiences and strategies for coaching first-year athletes^*

Orthorexia nervosa: An integrative literature review of a lifestyle syndrome

Identifying and preventing disordered eating among athletes: Perceptions of track and field coaches

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Deconstructing Disordered Eating: A Feminist Psychological Approach to the Body, Food, and Exercise Relationship in Female Athletes

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Intercollegiate coaches’ experiences and strategies for coaching first-year athletes*

Intercollegiate coaches’ experiences and strategies for coaching first-year athletes*

Orthorexia nervosa: An integrative literature review of a lifestyle syndrome

Identifying and preventing disordered eating among athletes: Perceptions of track and field coaches

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Intercollegiate coaches’ experiences and strategies for coaching first-year athletes^*

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