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Disordered eating, compulsive exercise, and sport participation in a UK adolescent sample
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Goodwin, Huw, Haycraft, Emma and Meyer, Caroline (2016) Disordered eating, compulsive exercise, and sport participation in a UK adolescent sample. European Eating Disorders Review . doi:10.1002/erv.2441 ISSN 1072-4133.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/erv.2441
Abstract
The sport literature has produced equivocal results as to whether sport participation is a protective or risk factor for disordered eating. One mechanism by which it could be a risk factor is the increased drive or compulsion to exercise. This study compared the levels of disordered eating and compulsive exercise between adolescent sport and non-sport participants. A sample of 417 male and female adolescents, aged 14–16 years old, was recruited from UK secondary schools. Participants completed questionnaire packs that included: the Eating Disorder Inventory; a measure of exercise behaviour; and the Compulsive Exercise Test (CET). Non-sport participants reported significantly greater body dissatisfaction than sport participants, and this was true for boys and girls. Significant group differences were also reported for many of the CET scales, with sport participants generally reporting greater levels of compulsive exercise than non-sport participants. Implications of these results are discussed. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | European Eating Disorders Review | ||||||||
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1072-4133 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 19 February 2016 | ||||||||
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| DOI: | 10.1002/erv.2441 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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