Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10316/36517
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dc.contributor.authorFrancisco, Rita-
dc.contributor.authorNarciso, Isabel-
dc.contributor.authorAlarcão, Madalena-
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-31T16:28:01Z-
dc.date.available2017-01-31T16:28:01Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.issn0047-0767por
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10316/36517-
dc.description.abstractGymnasts and ballet dancers are considered at-risk groups for developing eating disorders. However, specific variables enrolled in this risk and the relative contribution of each one remain unclear. The present study investigated correlates of disordered eating (DE) among young female and male aesthetic performers (N = 249, mean age = 15.41, SD = 2.55) and the relation between potential individual and contextual predictors of DE. Ballet dancers (n = 113; 88.5% female) and gymnasts (n = 136; 75% female) from elite and non-elite levels completed questionnaires measuring DE, body image dissatisfaction (general and activity-specific), self-esteem, pressure to be thin and social support in their dance schools and gymnastics clubs. Differences between males and females (elite and non-elite) were analyzed among ballet dancers and gymnasts. A usefulness analysis showed that dissatisfaction with body image specific to the practice of a particular aesthetic activity is the best predictor of DE compared to dissatisfaction with body image in general, especially in dancers. In addition to self-esteem and activity-specific body image dissatisfaction, hierarchical regression analysis showed that the pressure to be thin was more important than the competitive level for understanding aesthetic performers’ DE. Social support was not predictive of DE. Structural equation modeling confirmed that self-esteem and body image dissatisfaction partially mediate the influence of pressure to be thin on DE. Some clues to possible systemic actions for preventing DE in gymnastics clubs and dance schools, which should include both aesthetic performers and coaches/teachers, are discussed.por
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.publisherEdizioni Luigi Pozzipor
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH/BD/27472/2006/PTpor
dc.rightsopenAccesspor
dc.subjectBallet dancerspor
dc.subjectBody Image Dissatisfactionpor
dc.subjectDisordered eatingpor
dc.subjectGymnastspor
dc.subjectPressure to be thinpor
dc.subjectSelf-esteempor
dc.subjectSocial supportpor
dc.titleSpecific predictors of disordered eating among elite and non-elite gymnast and ballet dancerspor
dc.typearticle-
degois.publication.firstPage479por
degois.publication.lastPage502por
degois.publication.locationRomapor
degois.publication.titleInternational Journal of Sport Psychologypor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.identifier.doi10.7352/IJSP2012.43.015por
degois.publication.volume43por
uc.controloAutoridadeSim-
item.openairetypearticle-
item.languageiso639-1en-
item.openairecristypehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cf-
item.cerifentitytypePublications-
item.grantfulltextopen-
item.fulltextCom Texto completo-
crisitem.author.researchunitCES – Centre for Social Studies-
crisitem.author.parentresearchunitUniversity of Coimbra-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0002-7213-9146-
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