Prnjak Katarina, Jukic Ivan, Tufano James J
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Sport Performance Research Institute New Zealand (SPRINZ), Auckland University of Technology, Auckland 0632, New Zealand.
Sports (Basel). 2019 Jul 24;7(8):181. doi: 10.3390/sports7080181.
Athletes are often at a greater risk for disordered eating development due to their perfectionistic tendencies, as well as physical performance- and appearance-related demands of various sports in which they compete. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the possibility of independent contributions of perfectionism and body satisfaction on dieting behaviour among male and female athletes. Two-hundred-eighty (192 male; 88 female) athletes provided their answers on the Eating Attitudes Test 26 (EAT-26), Positive and Negative Perfectionism Scale (PANPS) and modified Body Image Satisfaction Scale from Body Image and Body Change Inventory. No gender or sport type differences were observed in dieting behaviour and body satisfaction was the only significant predictor of dieting for female athletes. Mediation analysis demonstrated that body satisfaction is a mediator between both adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism and dieting. These findings emphasize the important role that body satisfaction has in disordered eating development in female athletes.
由于运动员的完美主义倾向，以及他们所从事的各类竞技运动对身体表现和外观的要求，他们往往更容易出现饮食失调的问题。因此，本研究旨在探讨完美主义和身体满意度对男女运动员节食行为的独立影响。280名运动员（192名男性；88名女性）就饮食态度测试26（EAT-26）、正负完美主义量表（PANPS）以及从身体意象和身体变化量表改编而来的身体意象满意度量表给出了回答。在节食行为方面未观察到性别或运动类型差异，身体满意度是女运动员节食行为的唯一显著预测因素。中介分析表明，身体满意度是适应性和非适应性完美主义与节食行为之间的中介变量。这些发现强调了身体满意度在女运动员饮食失调发展过程中所起的重要作用。
