The role of body-esteem in predicting disordered eating symptoms: A comparison of French aesthetic athletes and non-athletic females |
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| Authors: | Claude Ferrand Stephane Champely Edith Filaire |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Centre de Recherche et d''Innovation sur le Sport, Université Lyon 1-Université Lyon, 27–29 Boulevard du 11 novembre, 69622 Villeurbanne, France;2. Laboratoire AMAPP, UFRSTAPS, Université d''Orléans, France;1. Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands;2. Centre for Appearance Research, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom;3. Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States;4. Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatric Behavioral Health, Cleveland, OH, United States;1. Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, United States;2. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States;3. University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States;1. Department of Health and Human Performance, Plymouth State University, 17 High Street MSC 22, Plymouth, NH 03264, USA;2. School of Human Kinetics, Ben Avery Building, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada;1. Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands;2. Department of Communication Science, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;3. Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States |
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| Abstract: | ObjectivesTo explore the relative contributions of self-esteem, body-esteem components and body mass index to disordered eating in aesthetic female athletes and non-athletic females and specifically to determine if the body-esteem components are risk factors for disordered eating.MethodsOne hundred and fifty two participants, of which 61 rhythmic gymnasts, 42 synchronized swimmers and a non-athletic group of 49 female college students completed the self-esteem scale, the body-esteem scale (satisfaction with general appearance, weight satisfaction and others' evaluations of one's body and appearance), the eating attitudes test, and the body mass index was computed.ResultsResults showed a strong heteroscedasticity for EAT-26 and therefore scores were modeled separately for the three groups. For rhythmic gymnasts, the final regression model only emphasizes the role of body-esteem attribution. For the synchronized swimmers, the final regression model combines two body-esteem dimensions (body-esteem for weight and body-esteem attribution) and their interaction. For the non-athletic group, the final regression model only emphasizes body-esteem for weight. Body mass index and low self-esteem were not predictive of disordered eating and no significant relationship was found between body-esteem for appearance and eating attitudes scores. The use of exploratory graphs such as graphs of conditioning and level plots provided more detailed information on the relationship between body-esteem dimensions and eating attitude scores.ConclusionsResults contributed to the growing literature on disordered eating suggesting that attention must be paid to body-esteem for weight and attribution in the understanding of disordered eating and their interaction. Future research should take into consideration the complexity of these results and use a larger sample of aesthetic athletes to elaborate on the current findings. |
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