Eating disorder pathology in elite adolescent athletes

被引:73
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作者
Giel, Katrin Elisabeth [1 ,2 ]
Hermann-Werner, Anne [1 ]
Mayer, Jochen [3 ]
Diehl, Katharina [4 ]
Schneider, Sven [4 ]
Thiel, Ansgar [3 ]
Zipfel, Stephan [1 ]
机构
[1] Med Univ Hosp Tubingen, Dept Psychosomat Med & Psychotherapy, Tubingen, Germany
[2] Med Univ Hosp Heidelberg, Dept Gen Internal Med & Psychosomat, Heidelberg, Germany
[3] Univ Tubingen, Inst Sport Sci, Tubingen, Germany
[4] Heidelberg Univ, Med Fac Mannheim, Mannheim Inst Publ Hlth Social & Prevent Med, Bergheimer Str 58, D-69115 Heidelberg, Germany
关键词
athletes; adolescent; eating disorders; sports; weight control behaviors; body acceptance; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL; POSITION STATEMENT; BODY-COMPOSITION; COMBAT SPORTS; WEIGHT-LOSS; PREVALENCE; PERFORMANCE; HEALTH; PREVENTION; MANAGEMENT;
D O I
10.1002/eat.22511
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
ObjectiveWe aimed to investigate eating disorder pathology in German elite adolescent athletes. Evidence suggests that eating disorder pathology is more common in adult elite sports, especially in female athletes and in sports emphasizing leanness. There is a scarcity of studies in elite adolescent athletes who are in a vulnerable developmental stage and are affected by general as well as sport-specific risk factors. MethodOur data was derived from the German Young Olympic Athletes' Lifestyle and Health Management Study (GOAL) which conducted a survey in 1138 elite adolescent athletes. In this sample, we assessed body weight, weight control behavior, body acceptance and screened overall for core symptoms of eating disorders, depression and anxiety. We performed a tree analysis to identify high risk groups for eating disorder pathology. ResultsHigh risk groups comprised (a) athletes competing in weight dependent sports, and among athletes competing in disciplines other than weight dependent sports (b) athletes who are high on negative affectivity, (c) female athletes and (d) male athletes competing in endurance, technical or power sports. Athletes competing in weight dependent disciplines reported wide spread use of compensatory behaviors to influence body weight. Athletes reporting eating disorder pathology showed higher levels of depression and anxiety than athletes without eating disorder pathology. DiscussionIncreased psychosocial burden in athletes with eating disorder pathology suggests that eating disorder symptoms should not be accepted as an unproblematic and functional part of elite sports. The prevention and management of eating disorder pathology is especially important in weight dependent sports. (c) 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Int J Eat Disord 2016; 49:553-562)
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页码:553 / 562
页数:10
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