Empowered, Yet Vulnerable: Motives for Sport Participation, Health Correlates, and Experience of Sexual Harassment in Female Combat-Sport Athletes

Empowered, Yet Vulnerable: Motives for Sport Participation, Health Correlates, and Experience of Sexual Harassment in Female Combat-Sport Athletes

Background: To explore motives for combat sport participation, weight regulation practices, symptoms of low energy availability (LEA), disordered eating (DE) or eating disorders (ED), and any experiences with sexual harassment (SH) among female combat-sport athletes. Methods: In total, 29 athletes w...

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Main Authors: Therese Fostervold Mathisen, Radhika Singh Kumar, Kethe M. E. Svantorp-Tveiten, Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-04-01
Series:Sports
Subjects:
weight regulation
eating disorders
body composition
bone mineral density
body appreciation
energy availability
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/10/5/68

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