Comparison of Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI-2) scores of male bodybuilders to the male college student subgroup
| Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Vergleich der Werte nach dem "Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI-2)" von maennlichen Bodybuildern mit denen einer Kontrollgruppe gleichaltriger Collegestudenten |
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| Autor: | Anderson, Sara Long; Zager, Kate; Hetzler, Ronald K.; Nahikian-Nelms, Marcia; Syler, Georganne |
| Erschienen in: | International journal of sport nutrition and exercise metabolism |
| Veröffentlicht: | 6 (1996), 3, S. 255-262, Lit. |
| Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
| Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
| Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISSN: | 1050-1606, 1543-2742 |
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| Erfassungsnummer: | PU199612201586 |
| Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
The intensity and effort of bodybuilding training suggest an overinvestment in body shape and physical appearance, which has been suggested to be a risk factor for developing eating disorders. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of eating disorder tendencies among a sample of collegiate male bodybuilders (BB, n=68) and controls (C, n=50) (nonbodybuilders), using the Eating Disorders Inventory 2 (EDI-2). T tests were used to test the hypothesis that bodybuilders' scores would be higher than those of controls. The mean scores on the EDI-2 did not indicate the presence of eating disorder tendencies for either group. Controls scored significantly higher than bodybuilders on the Body Dissatisfaction scale. Results indicate that when the EDI-2 is used, college-age male bodybuilders are not shown to be more likely to have eating disorders than a group of college-age male controls. Verf.-Referat