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Beliefs about exercise : relationship to eating psychopathology and core beliefs among young female exercisers
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Meyer, Caroline, Blissett, Jackie, Alberry, R. and Sykes, A. (2013) Beliefs about exercise : relationship to eating psychopathology and core beliefs among young female exercisers. Eating Behaviours, Volume 14 (Number 1). pp. 79-82. doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2012.10.003 ISSN 1471-0153.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2012.10.003
Abstract
Objective
This study had two objectives. First, to determine links between levels of eating psychopathology and beliefs about exercise among young women. Second, to determine the predictive effects of unhealthy core beliefs on exercise beliefs.
Method
A convenience sample of 185 young female exercisers completed the Eating Disorders Inventory (EDI), the Exercise Beliefs Questionnaire (EBQ) and the Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ).
Results
The participants' mean scores on the EDI were as follows: drive for thinness = 0.69 (SD = 0.82); body dissatisfaction = 1.30 (SD = 0.86); and bulimia = 0.33 (SD = 0.42). There were significant, positive correlations of all three EDI scales with EBQ social and EBQ appearance subscales. In addition, YSQ Defectiveness/Shame beliefs predicted EBQ social scores, while YSQ Unrelenting Standards predicted EBQ appearance scores.
Discussion
Those women with relatively unhealthy eating attitudes are likely to believe that exercise will prevent negative social consequences, and are likely to be motivated to exercise in order to preserve or enhance their physical appearance. These same types of exercise belief (regarding social consequences and appearance) are predicted by feelings of defectiveness and shame and by unrelenting high personal standards.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Eating Behaviours | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1471-0153 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | January 2013 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | Volume 14 | ||||||||
| Number: | Number 1 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 79-82 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2012.10.003 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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