Eating disorders in sport: A call for methodological diversity
Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: From the emergence of isolated studies in the early 1980s to the concentrated and burgeoning research base of the present day, scholars\nwithin sport psychology have been motivated to address the problem of eating disorders in sport. Heavily influenced by the medical model of scientific\ninquiry, the extant literature offers important insights into prevalence and aetiology. Despite this progress, there is much that is poorly understood about\nathlete eating disorders and existing approaches are vulnerable to considerable critique. This paper highlights some of the fundamental problems with\nthe medical model and argues that its current dominance has created an overly narrow knowledge base. It is proposed that an increase in qualitative, interpretive\naccounts, that prioritize the subjectivity of experience over the serialization of symptoms, is necessary if we are to achieve a balanced and\nmore complete understanding of eating disorders in sport.
Authors: Anthony Papathomas, David Lavallee
Institutions: Loughborough University, University of Stirling
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2132776846