title: Personality and psychological correlates of eating disorder symptoms among male collegiate athletes.
abstract: Despite a proliferation of research on disordered eating in female athletes, few studies have included male athletes. The purpose of this study was to determine which of five personality and psychological variables of interest (i.e., perfectionism, self-esteem, optimism, reasons for exercise, and appearance orientation) best predicted eating disorder status (i.e., symptomatic or asymptomatic) in male athletes. Two hundred three male athletes (Mage=20.29, SD=1.64) from three National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I institutions participated. More athletes were asymptomatic (80.8%) than symptomatic (19.2%). None of the variables significantly predicted symptomatic status. These findings contrast the literature on predictors of disordered eating symptomatology among female athletes, and suggest the need for further research to identify other potential predictors of eating disturbance among male athletes.
authors.affiliation: University of Utah, Department of Health Promotion and Education, 1901 E. South Campus Drive, #2142, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, United States. Electronic address: nick.galli@hsc.utah.edu.
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Galli
authors.affiliation: University of North Texas, United States.
authors.forename: Trent
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: A Petrie
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, United States.
authors.forename: Christy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Greenleaf
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Wilmington, United States.
authors.forename: Justine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: J Reel
authors.affiliation: The Ohio State University, United States.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: E Carter
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D056352:Athletes / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Disordered eating; Eating disorders; Male athletes; Personality