Within- and between-person predictors of disordered eating attitudes among male and female dancers: Findings from the UK Centres for Advanced Training

Nordin-Bates, Sanna M; Schwarz, Johanna; Quested, Eleanor; Cumming, Jennifer; Aujla, Imogen; Redding, Emma

doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.07.004

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“…The findings of the present study are thus somewhat unexpected since women generally exhibit a higher risk for developing an eating disorder, mostly due to expectations from the society and thin-idealization [37]. Nordin-Bates et al [38], in their longitudinal study, reported that the percentage of male and female dancers who scored above the cut-off in disordered eating attitudes changed between time points of data collection. Cross-sectional studies, like the present one, however, cannot compare time points due to obvious limitation and one-point data collection may not yield stable findings.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 58%

Perfectionism, Body Satisfaction and Dieting in Athletes: The Role of Gender and Sport Type

Prnjak

Jukić

Tufano

2019

Sports

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Athletes are often at a greater risk for disordered eating development due to their perfectionistic tendencies, as well as physical performance- and appearance-related demands of various sports in which they compete. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the possibility of independent contributions of perfectionism and body satisfaction on dieting behaviour among male and female athletes. Two-hundred-eighty (192 male; 88 female) athletes provided their answers on the Eating Attitudes Test 26 (EAT-26), Positive and Negative Perfectionism Scale (PANPS) and modified Body Image Satisfaction Scale from Body Image and Body Change Inventory. No gender or sport type differences were observed in dieting behaviour and body satisfaction was the only significant predictor of dieting for female athletes. Mediation analysis demonstrated that body satisfaction is a mediator between both adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism and dieting. These findings emphasize the important role that body satisfaction has in disordered eating development in female athletes.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 58%

Perfectionism, Body Satisfaction and Dieting in Athletes: The Role of Gender and Sport Type

Prnjak

Jukić

Tufano

2019

Sports

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“…By contrast, perceptions of task-involving motivational climates (focused on learning and personal development) are associated with higher selfesteem and lower weight-related pressure from peers and teachers (36). However, a more recent study indicates that an ego-involving climate in the dance environment could be more salient for male than for female dancers (37). Future research should further explore these context characteristics, which seem very important for the development of preventive interventions that include teachers and peers, in order to create and improve a climate of mastery (36).…”

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confidence: 93%

Studies on Body Image, Eating, and Weight in Models, Dancers, and Aesthetic Athletes

Francisco

2018

Body Image, Eating, and Weight

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Fashion models, dancers and aesthetic athletes are considered high-risk groups for the development of body image concerns and eating disorders. In all these aesthetic activities, physical appearance is seen as fundamental and lean bodies are required. Therefore, these contexts are considered subcultures in which social pressures to be thin are reinforced.Even for the least investigated group among the aesthetic activities, fashion models, the few existing studies indicate that they present higher levels of disordered eating but also higher levels of body satisfaction and self-esteem than control groups. Professional ballet dancers are considered at greater risk than recreational dancers since the rule "thinness = success" seems to be implicitly and explicitly transmitted by many different means (especially critical comments by teachers and peers about eating, weight and shape). Among aesthetic athletes (e.g., gymnasts, synchronized swimmers, figure skaters), the desire to be leaner to improve sports performance seems to mediate the relationship between social pressure from the sports environment and disordered eating. This desire is especially related to sports-related body dissatisfaction (higher than general body dissatisfaction), which is considered a strong predictor of disordered eating for these athletes.In this chapter, we review different studies of these specific groups to gain a better understanding of how fashion models, dancers and aesthetic athletes address their eating and body image and to identify the specific factors associated with the development of body image concerns and eating disorders.

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“…However, several researchers have focused on understanding the psychological correlates for eating disorders in male athletes and dancers, which suggests that a model specifically developed for men, like the biopsychosocial model, is needed. For example, in a longitudinal study conducted in the United Kingdom, Nordin-Bates et al (2016) found that lower selfesteem predicted dysfunctional eating attitudes only in female dancers, and perceptions of high task or ego-involving climates predicted dysfunctional eating attitudes only in male dancers.…”

Section: Biopsychosocial Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Eating disorders in competitive sport and dance.

Voelker

Galli

2019

APA Handbook of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Volume 1: Sport Psychology (Vol. 1).

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Within- and between-person predictors of disordered eating attitudes among male and female dancers: Findings from the UK Centres for Advanced Training

Cited by 11 publications

References 57 publications

Perfectionism, Body Satisfaction and Dieting in Athletes: The Role of Gender and Sport Type

Perfectionism, Body Satisfaction and Dieting in Athletes: The Role of Gender and Sport Type

Studies on Body Image, Eating, and Weight in Models, Dancers, and Aesthetic Athletes

Eating disorders in competitive sport and dance.

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