IMAGEM CORPORAL E COMPORTAMENTO ALIMENTAR EM ATLETAS ADOLESCENTES BODY IMAGE AND FOOD BEHAVIOR IN ATHLETES ADOLESCENTS Cristiane Miranda Cruz Camello Pessoa
Year: 2007
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The objective of this study was to evaluate the perception of body image, as well as the risk for Upheaval of Alimentary Behavior (bulimy and anorexia) in adolescent athletes of the modality of volleyball with the intention to compare them to non-athletic adolescents. In all, 35 females adolescents of the city of João Pessoa, PB were analyzed. The experimental group was composed of 18 young athletes practitioners of volleyball and the control group was composed of 17 non-athletes teens, but were physically activate at school. To obtain the data the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) was used along with the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26), and a bio-demographic questionnaire. Overall, the data showed that 34.3% of adolescents surveyed had a risk for behavioral eating disorders. However, the adolescent athletes had fewer risks of behavioral eating disorder than the young non-athletes, emphasizing that 52.94% of young non-athletes had indications of clinical eating disorder. The adolescent athletes also had lower distortion of body image (38.89%) than the adolescent non-athletes (64.71%). Accordingly, the search results alert to the fact that the teenagers are being pressured by themselves (and not by coaches as it could be assumed) to meet the aesthetic standard set by Western culture, by the media and by society.
Language: Portuguese
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1575989286