Stoyel Hannah, Delderfield Russell, Shanmuganathan-Felton Vaithehy, Stoyel Alex, Serpell Lucy
University College London, London, United Kingdom.
University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom.
Front Psychol. 2021 Apr 23;12:633490. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.633490. eCollection 2021.
Athletes are at increased risk of disordered eating compared to non-athletes. Inspired by previous investigation into quantitative work on an etiological model of disordered eating in athletes, the current study aimed to explore a problematic aspect of the model: athletes' lived experiences of social and sport pressures in relation to the onset of disordered eating and differing eating behaviors. Nine ( = 9) male and female athletes representing a range of endurance sports took part in semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis was utilized. Analysis revealed two main themes each with two corresponding subthemes (1) Conflating physical appearance and sporting ability with the subthemes of (1a) social comparison in a sporting world and (1b) societal notions of "the athlete body" and (2) Living as an athlete with the corresponding subthemes of (2a) discipline and sacrifice and (2b) the balancing act. It is the complex interaction between societal expectations as lived out in social messages and comparisons, and sport pressures that contributes to the development of disordered eating behaviors. These findings suggest that prevention and treatment of disordered eating in athletes can be applied from those already established in non-sporting realm.
与非运动员相比，运动员出现饮食失调的风险更高。受先前对运动员饮食失调病因模型定量研究的启发，本研究旨在探讨该模型中一个存在问题的方面：运动员在社会和运动压力方面的生活经历与饮食失调的发生及不同饮食行为之间的关系。九名（n = 9）代表一系列耐力运动项目的男女运动员参与了半结构化访谈。采用了主题分析法。分析揭示了两个主要主题，每个主题各有两个相应的子主题：（1）将身体外观和运动能力混同起来，子主题为（1a）体育界的社会比较和（1b）“运动员身材”的社会观念；（2）作为运动员的生活，相应子主题为（2a）自律与牺牲以及（2b）平衡行为。正是社会信息和比较中所体现的社会期望与运动压力之间的复杂相互作用，导致了饮食失调行为的发展。这些发现表明，运动员饮食失调的预防和治疗可以借鉴非体育领域已有的方法。
