Yang Peiying, Wang Ting, Herold Fabian, Müller Notger G, Taylor Alyx, Szabo Attila, Granziol Umberto, Cook Brian, Landolfi Emilio, Solmi Marco, Zou Liye
Body-Brian-Mind Laboratory, School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
J Eat Disord. 2022 Nov 17;10(1):169. doi: 10.1186/s40337-022-00679-7.
Although numerous studies have examined associations between personality traits and eating disorders in females, few studies have been conducted on female exercisers. Given the high risk of disordered eating in female exercisers, this study investigated the associations between the Big Five personality traits and disordered eating in female exercisers, and further explored the potential mediators, namely exercise dependence symptoms, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms underlying this association.
A total of 295 female exercisers aged between 18 to 67 years (M = 22.11, SD = 6.65) participated in this study.
Negative and statistically significant correlations between conscientiousness (r = - 0.17, p < 0.01), emotional stability (r = - 0.27, p < 0.001) and agreeableness (r = - 0.18, p < 0.01) and disordered eating were observed in our sample of female exercisers. The multiple mediation analyses revealed that exercise dependence symptoms and obsessive-compulsive symptoms mediate the relationship between conscientiousness (β = 0.016, CI = [0.003, 0.031]), emotional stability (β = -0.012, CI = [- 0.028, - 0.002]), and disordered eating in female exercisers, whereas obsessive-compulsive symptoms (β = - 0.041, CI = [- 0.088, - 0.001]) but not exercise dependence symptoms are a mediator of the relationship between agreeableness and disordered eating.
Our findings can be used to improve the screening procedures for eating disorders in female exercisers as they contribute to a better understanding of the psychological mechanisms that underlie the associations between the Big Five personality traits and disordered eating.
尽管众多研究探讨了女性人格特质与饮食失调之间的关联，但针对女性运动者的相关研究却很少。鉴于女性运动者存在饮食紊乱的高风险，本研究调查了女性运动者的大五人格特质与饮食失调之间的关联，并进一步探究了潜在的中介因素，即运动依赖症状和这种关联背后的强迫症状。
共有295名年龄在18至67岁之间（M = 22.11，SD = 6.65）的女性运动者参与了本研究。
在我们的女性运动者样本中，尽责性（r = -0.17，p < 0.01）、情绪稳定性（r = -0.27，p < 0.001）和宜人性（r = -0.18，p < 0.01）与饮食失调之间存在负向且具有统计学意义的相关性。多重中介分析显示，运动依赖症状和强迫症状在尽责性（β = 0.016，CI = [0.003, 0.031]）、情绪稳定性（β = -0.012，CI = [-0.028, -0.002]）与女性运动者饮食失调之间起中介作用，而强迫症状（β = -0.041，CI = [-0.088, -0.001]）而非运动依赖症状是宜人性与饮食失调之间关系的中介因素。
我们的研究结果可用于改进女性运动者饮食失调的筛查程序，因为它们有助于更好地理解大五人格特质与饮食失调之间关联背后的心理机制。
