Thomas Jennifer J, Keel Pamela K, Heatherton Todd F
Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8205, USA.
Int J Eat Disord. 2005 Nov;38(3):263-8. doi: 10.1002/eat.20185.
The current study compared the prevalence of disordered eating attitudes and behaviors among adolescent ballet dancers at national, regional, and local schools.
Female ballet students (N = 239; mean age = 15.0 +/- 1.5 years) from five geographically disparate summer programs completed the Eating Dis-order Inventory (EDI) and answered questions regarding eating disorder symptoms.
Students from both national and local schools reported significantly higher EDI total, Drive for Thinness, and Perfectionism scores compared with regional students. In contrast, national students reported significantly greater dieting scores and lifetime histories of self-induced vomiting compared with regional and local students.
Eating pathology among adolescent ballet dancers may be a function of both genetic and environmental risk. Dancers who exhibit high levels of perfectionism and, perhaps consequently, place themselves in highly competitive environments, may exhibit a significantly increased risk for disordered eating in comparison to dancers who are less perfectionistic and/or place themselves in less competitive environments.
本研究比较了全国、地区和当地学校青少年芭蕾舞舞者中饮食失调态度和行为的患病率。
来自五个地理位置不同的暑期项目的女性芭蕾舞学生（N = 239；平均年龄 = 15.0 +/- 1.5岁）完成了饮食失调量表（EDI）并回答了有关饮食失调症状的问题。
与地区学生相比，全国和当地学校的学生在EDI总分、追求瘦身和完美主义得分上显著更高。相比之下，与地区和当地学生相比，全国学生报告的节食得分和自我催吐的终生史显著更高。
青少年芭蕾舞舞者的饮食病理学可能是遗传和环境风险共同作用的结果。与那些不那么追求完美和/或处于竞争不那么激烈环境中的舞者相比，表现出高度完美主义且可能因此置身于高度竞争环境中的舞者，饮食失调的风险可能会显著增加。
