title: Attitude and knowledge changes in collegiate dancers following a short-term, team-centered prevention program on eating disorders.
abstract: Eating knowledge, nutritional knowledge, and psychological changes among female collegiate dancers were examined before and after a 4-wk. team-centered program on sport nutrition, exercise, and disordered eating consequences. Collegiate female dancers from two NCAA Division I institutions participated in a control (n = 19; M age = 19.1 yr., SD = 1.0) or intervention (n = 21; M age = 19.2 yr., SD = 1.2) group. Measures were administered to both groups before and after intervention to assess eating disorders, depression, and nutritional and disordered eating knowledge. There was a statistically significant increase in scores on nutritional and overall eating disorder knowledge in the intervention group compared to the control group. Mean scores on depression, drive for thinness, body dissatisfaction, and maturity fears decreased in the intervention group.
authors.affiliation: University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA. torresmc@mailbox.sc.edu
authors.forename: Toni M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Torres-McGehee
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Deidre
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Leaver-Dunn
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Leeper
authors.forename: Phillip A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Bishop
authors.forename: Mark T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Richardson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001828:Body Image; D003615:Dancing / Q000523:psychology*; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012572:School Health Services; D012649:Self Concept; D012933:Social Identification; D055815:Young Adult