Stoyel, H., Stride, C. orcid.org/0000-0001-9960-2869, Shanmuganathan-Felton, V. et al. (1 more author) (2021) Understanding risk factors for disordered eating symptomatology in athletes: a prospective study. PLoS ONE, 16 (9). e0257577. ISSN 1932-6203
Abstract
Disordered eating and eating disorders have huge impact on athletic health and performance. Understanding risk factors for disordered eating development is paramount to protecting the health and performance of these athletes. This project tested a model longitudinally to test whether body dissatisfaction (mediated by negative affect) and societal pressures (mediated by internalisation) predicted bulimic symptomatology at 1 year. The study recruited 1017 male and female athletes in a range of sports at three time points over a year. Cross-lag meditation modelling in MPLUS was utilised to test the hypothesised model. Results indicated that societal pressures mediated by general internalisation led to bulimic symptomatology and that gender and sport type do moderate the relationships. However, measurement issues indicate that scales not originally created for athletes may not reliably measure athletes’ experience. This research highlights how understanding how to better assess risk factors and disordered eating related concepts in athletes is a key next step. The study is unique in its longitudinal design and in its sampling of a wide range of sports in both male and female athletes.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Stoyel et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
Keywords: | Cross-Lag Mediation Model; Confirmatory Factor Analysis; sport; MPLUS |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 23 Sep 2021 11:11 |
Last Modified: | 05 Oct 2021 13:41 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0257577 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:178233 |