Shanmugam Vaithehy, Jowett Sophia, Meyer Caroline
a School of Psychology , University of Central Lancashire , Preston , PR1 3BW , United Kingdom.
J Sports Sci. 2014;32(17):1587-95. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2014.912758. Epub 2014 May 19.
Within the clinical literature it is accepted that there is a strong connection between eating disorders and depression; however the nature of the casual relationship is somewhat unclear. Therefore the aim of the present study was to determine the prospective relationship between eating psychopathology and depressive symptoms among competitive British athletes. A total of 122 athletes completed the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire and the depression subscale of the Symptom Checklist-90R over a 6-month period. Partial correlations revealed that when controlling for baseline eating psychopathology, athletes' baseline depressive symptoms was not related to their eating psychopathology 6 months later. However, when controlling for baseline depressive symptoms, athletes' initial eating psychopathology was positively and significantly related to depressive symptoms 6 months later. Subsequent hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed athletes' initial levels of eating psychopathology significantly predicted depressive symptoms 6 months later. The current findings support the assertion that elevated eating psychopathology serves as a potential risk factor for the development of depression in athletes. Thus, National Governing Bodies, athletic clubs, sport organisations and universities need to recognise and be aware that exposure to the factors that increase the risk of eating disorders inadvertently serves to increase athletes' vulnerability for depression.
在临床文献中，人们公认饮食失调与抑郁症之间存在紧密联系；然而，这种因果关系的本质尚不完全明晰。因此，本研究的目的是确定英国竞技运动员饮食心理病理学与抑郁症状之间的前瞻性关系。共有122名运动员在6个月的时间里完成了饮食失调检查问卷和症状自评量表90修订版的抑郁分量表。偏相关分析显示，在控制基线饮食心理病理学因素后，运动员的基线抑郁症状与6个月后的饮食心理病理学状况无关。然而，在控制基线抑郁症状后，运动员最初的饮食心理病理学状况与6个月后的抑郁症状呈显著正相关。随后的分层多元回归分析表明，运动员最初的饮食心理病理学水平能显著预测6个月后的抑郁症状。目前的研究结果支持了这样一种观点，即饮食心理病理学水平升高是运动员患抑郁症的一个潜在风险因素。因此，国家管理机构、体育俱乐部、体育组织和大学需要认识到，接触增加饮食失调风险的因素会无意中增加运动员患抑郁症的易感性。
