Burgon, R.H. and Waller, G. orcid.org/0000-0001-7794-9546 (2024) Body image concerns among individuals with different levels of sporting engagement and exercise: a longitudinal study. Eating Behaviors, 53. 101881. ISSN 1471-0153
Abstract
This longitudinal study examined whether body image concerns (general; sporting) predicted eating disorder psychopathology, and whether the link differed according to nature of sport engagement. Participants were competitive sports engagers, non-competitive sports engagers, or sports non-engagers. At baseline, 510 adults completed online measures of sports demographics, eating psychopathology and body image. Eating psychopathology and body image measures were taken at follow-up (6 months later). Competitive sports engagers had better body image than the other two groups. Poorer body appreciation and better appearance-related body image predicted higher eating disorder psychopathology. Engaging in sports competitively may be beneficial for body image. However, positive appearance-related sporting body image may pose a risk for later eating psychopathology.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 The Authors. Except as otherwise noted, this author-accepted version of a journal article published in Eating Behaviors is made available via the University of Sheffield Research Publications and Copyright Policy under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Body image; Eating disorder; Sport; Humans; Body Image; Longitudinal Studies; Female; Male; Adult; Feeding and Eating Disorders; Sports; Exercise; Young Adult; Adolescent; Surveys and Questionnaires |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 19 Aug 2024 15:31 |
Last Modified: | 19 Aug 2024 15:31 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2024.101881 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:216211 |
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