Team weigh-ins and self-weighing: Relations to body-related perceptions and disordered eating in collegiate male athletes

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• 作者：Nick Galli^a ; ^{nick.galli@hsc.utah.edu} ; Trent Petrie^b ; Justine Chatterton^b
• 关键词：Eating disorders ; Drive for muscularity ; Body image ; Weight pressures
• 刊名：Psychology of Sport and Exercise
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：March 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：29
• 期：Complete
• 页码：51-55
• 全文大小：217 K
• 卷排序：29

文摘

In this study we examined the relation of team weigh-ins and self-weighing frequency on collegiate male athletes' internalization of body ideals, social pressures about weight/body, body satisfaction, dietary intent, negative affect, drive for muscularity, and bulimic symptomatology.Design and methodsWe used a cross-sectional survey design, and collected data electronically from 738 male intercollegiate athletes in the U.S.ResultsAthletes who self-weighed 7 + times per week reported the most pressure to lose weight and be lean and muscular, engaged in muscle-building behaviors most frequently, dieted most often, and had the highest level of bulimic symptomatology. Further, athletes on teams that conducted mandatory weigh-ins (vs. not) engaged in more muscularity behaviors and dietary restriction.ConclusionWeighing, but in particularly that conducted voluntarily, may contribute to an overconcern with appearance, body size/shape, and weight, which in turn can lead to a variety of behaviors related to eating and body change.