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Athletic identity, compulsive exercise and eating psychopathology in long-distance runners
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Turton, Robert, Goodwin, Huw and Meyer, Caroline (2017) Athletic identity, compulsive exercise and eating psychopathology in long-distance runners. Eating Behaviors, 26 . pp. 129-132. doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2017.03.001 ISSN 14710153.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2017.03.001
Abstract
Having a high athletic identity is thought to increase vulnerability for compulsive exercise and Eating Disorder (ED) psychopathology. This study examined whether there is an association between athletic identity and levels of compulsive exercise and ED psychopathology in long-distance runners. A sample of 501 long-distance runners completed the Athletic Identity Measurement Scale (AIMS), Compulsive Exercise Test (CET) and Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire (EDEQ). There was a significant positive association between participants' AIMS and total CET scores (moderate effect size; r = 0.34 for males and 0.33 for females). BMI did not influence the relationship between AIMS and CET scores in males. However, for females, AIMS scores were positively associated with levels of Weight Control Exercise when covarying for BMI (small to moderate effect size, r = 0.22). No significant associations with EDEQ scores were found (negligible to small effect sizes; r = 0.06 for males and r = 0.14 for females). Following replication, coaches might need to be vigilant to the welfare of endurance runners that have a strong athletic identity, since this could be linked to them exercising compulsively. Future work should examine whether having a strong athletic identity predicts ED psychopathology when this identity is challenged (e.g., due to injury).
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Eating Behaviors | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 14710153 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | August 2017 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 26 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 129-132 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2017.03.001 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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