title: Disordered Eating, Compulsive Exercise, and Sport Participation in a UK Adolescent Sample.
abstract: The sport literature has produced equivocal results as to whether sport participation is a protective or risk factor for disordered eating. One mechanism by which it could be a risk factor is the increased drive or compulsion to exercise. This study compared the levels of disordered eating and compulsive exercise between adolescent sport and non-sport participants. A sample of 417 male and female adolescents, aged 14-16 years old, was recruited from UK secondary schools. Participants completed questionnaire packs that included: the Eating Disorder Inventory; a measure of exercise behaviour; and the Compulsive Exercise Test (CET). Non-sport participants reported significantly greater body dissatisfaction than sport participants, and this was true for boys and girls. Significant group differences were also reported for many of the CET scales, with sport participants generally reporting greater levels of compulsive exercise than non-sport participants. Implications of these results are discussed. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.
authors.affiliation: Loughborough University Centre for Research into Eating Disorders, School of Sport, Exercise, and Health Sciences, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK.
authors.forename: Huw
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.affiliation: Loughborough University Centre for Research into Eating Disorders, School of Sport, Exercise, and Health Sciences, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK.
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Haycraft
authors.affiliation: Institute for Digital Healthcare, Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.|Human Metabolism Research Unit, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, UK.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003192:Compulsive Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D004328:Drive; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D013177:Sports; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: body image; clinical psychology; compulsive exercise; eating disorders; health; psychology