Social and Individual Factors Associated with Eating Disorders in Young Athletes: Effects on Concentration and Fatigue
Eating disorders are a growing societal problem, especially among young people. This study aims to determine the individual and social factors that support and perpetuate the risk of eating disorders (ED) and their possible consequences on an individual’s athletic and academic performances. The samp...
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| author | Juan Carlos Checa Olmos Montserrat Monserrat Hernández Teresa Belmonte García Diana Jiménez Rodríguez Antonio Rodríguez Martínez Pablo Berenguel Martínez Antonio Miguel Berrio López |
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| description | Eating disorders are a growing societal problem, especially among young people. This study aims to determine the individual and social factors that support and perpetuate the risk of eating disorders (ED) and their possible consequences on an individual’s athletic and academic performances. The sample consisted of 395 athletes between 12 and 16 years of age (M = 14.07; SD = 1.35), of whom 142 (35.9%) were female, and 253 (64.1%) were male. A questionnaire was administered to collect information on sociodemographic data, body image, use of social networks, social relationships, sports practice, risk of developing ED, and academic and sports performance. In the resulting analysis, an initial cross-tabulation was carried out to observe the body distortion of the respondents as a function of BMI, followed by a linear regression to analyze the factors influencing the risk of suffering from ED. In addition, correlations were made to determine the relationship between the risk of manifesting ED and academic and sports performance. The main results show that 77.7% of the young athletes present a risk of ED (<i>M</i> = 13.3; <i>DT</i> = 3.33) due to a high body image distortion, which becomes the determining factor. In addition, relationships with family and friends have a significant influence on this. On the other hand, behaviors related with eating disorders affect concentration (r = −0.122; <i>p</i> = 0.01) and fatigue (r = −0.376; <i>p</i> < 0.01). For all these reasons, generating and promoting prevention and early detection guidelines during adolescence is necessary. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bf78bb0ffcbf449f9c6cf909362c212d2023-11-18T21:22:37ZengMDPI AGSports2075-46632023-06-0111712210.3390/sports11070122Social and Individual Factors Associated with Eating Disorders in Young Athletes: Effects on Concentration and FatigueJuan Carlos Checa Olmos0Montserrat Monserrat Hernández1Teresa Belmonte García2Diana Jiménez Rodríguez3Antonio Rodríguez Martínez4Pablo Berenguel Martínez5Antonio Miguel Berrio López6Department of Geography, History and Humanities, University of Almeria, 04120 Almería, SpainLaboratory of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Almeria, 04120 Almería, SpainDepartment of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Medicine, University of Almeria, 04120 Almería, SpainDepartment of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Medicine, University of Almeria, 04120 Almería, SpainmasQsano, 04120 Almería, SpainmasQsano, 04120 Almería, SpainJunta de Andalusia, 41092 Seville, SpainEating disorders are a growing societal problem, especially among young people. This study aims to determine the individual and social factors that support and perpetuate the risk of eating disorders (ED) and their possible consequences on an individual’s athletic and academic performances. The sample consisted of 395 athletes between 12 and 16 years of age (M = 14.07; SD = 1.35), of whom 142 (35.9%) were female, and 253 (64.1%) were male. A questionnaire was administered to collect information on sociodemographic data, body image, use of social networks, social relationships, sports practice, risk of developing ED, and academic and sports performance. In the resulting analysis, an initial cross-tabulation was carried out to observe the body distortion of the respondents as a function of BMI, followed by a linear regression to analyze the factors influencing the risk of suffering from ED. In addition, correlations were made to determine the relationship between the risk of manifesting ED and academic and sports performance. The main results show that 77.7% of the young athletes present a risk of ED (<i>M</i> = 13.3; <i>DT</i> = 3.33) due to a high body image distortion, which becomes the determining factor. In addition, relationships with family and friends have a significant influence on this. On the other hand, behaviors related with eating disorders affect concentration (r = −0.122; <i>p</i> = 0.01) and fatigue (r = −0.376; <i>p</i> < 0.01). For all these reasons, generating and promoting prevention and early detection guidelines during adolescence is necessary.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/11/7/122eating disordersbody imagesocial networksyoung athletes |
| spellingShingle | Juan Carlos Checa Olmos Montserrat Monserrat Hernández Teresa Belmonte García Diana Jiménez Rodríguez Antonio Rodríguez Martínez Pablo Berenguel Martínez Antonio Miguel Berrio López Social and Individual Factors Associated with Eating Disorders in Young Athletes: Effects on Concentration and Fatigue Sports eating disorders body image social networks young athletes |
| title | Social and Individual Factors Associated with Eating Disorders in Young Athletes: Effects on Concentration and Fatigue |
| title_full | Social and Individual Factors Associated with Eating Disorders in Young Athletes: Effects on Concentration and Fatigue |
| title_fullStr | Social and Individual Factors Associated with Eating Disorders in Young Athletes: Effects on Concentration and Fatigue |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social and Individual Factors Associated with Eating Disorders in Young Athletes: Effects on Concentration and Fatigue |
| title_short | Social and Individual Factors Associated with Eating Disorders in Young Athletes: Effects on Concentration and Fatigue |
| title_sort | social and individual factors associated with eating disorders in young athletes effects on concentration and fatigue |
| topic | eating disorders body image social networks young athletes |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/11/7/122 |
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