Weeda-Mannak W L, Drop M J
J Psychiatr Res. 1985;19(2-3):285-90. doi: 10.1016/0022-3956(85)90030-5.
The present controlled study examined anorexic and psychological characteristics of female ballet dancers, who by career choice must focus on thinness, and anorexia nervosa patients. Anorexia nervosa (AN) patients, female ballet (BA) students as well as asymptomatic female controls (AF) were compared with respect to the psychological characteristics: the Drive to Achieve, the Motive to Avoid Failure (Negative Fear of Failure) and the Motive to Achieve (Positive Fear of Failure). The results confirmed previous empirical and clinical findings that the AN group and the BA group can be differentiated from a control group with respect to a heightened Drive to Achieve. However, the Drive to Achieve of AN patients was found to originate in an avoidance of failure (the Negative Fear of Failure), while in BA students this drive was found to stem from a motive to achieve (the Positive Fear of Failure). The findings underline the importance of an evaluation of psychological characteristics in subjects with anorexic symptoms.
本对照研究考察了女性芭蕾舞演员（因其职业选择必须关注身材苗条）和神经性厌食症患者的厌食及心理特征。对神经性厌食症（AN）患者、女性芭蕾舞（BA）学生以及无症状女性对照组（AF）在心理特征方面进行了比较：成就驱力、避免失败的动机（对失败的消极恐惧）和取得成就的动机（对失败的积极恐惧）。结果证实了先前的实证和临床研究结果，即AN组和BA组在成就驱力增强方面可与对照组区分开来。然而，发现AN患者的成就驱力源于对失败的回避（对失败的消极恐惧），而BA学生的这种驱力则源于取得成就的动机（对失败的积极恐惧）。这些发现强调了对有厌食症状的受试者进行心理特征评估的重要性。
