Exercise commitment and proneness to eating disorders in a group of physical education teachers.

Full Abstract

The study examined the association of exercise commitment with proneness to eating disorders in 50 physical education teachers who had been practicing various aerobic sports at least three times a week for at least 5 years. Significant coefficients were found between Commitment to Exercise Scale scores, the number of weekly training sessions, and scores on the Eating Disorders Inventory-2 scales measuring Maturity Fears, Social Insecurity, Perfectionism, and Asceticism. However, no relationship was found between the Commitment to Exercise Scale and the Eating Disorders Inventory-2 variables measuring anorexic tendencies (such as Drive for Thinness, Body Dissatisfaction, and Bulimia). Findings suggest the presence of some psychological factors common to both anorexic tendencies and excessive exercising but not complete overlap, so a rather more complex pattern of relationships appears to be mediated by sex and personality characteristics.

Author information

Author/s: Pini, Mauro (M); Calamari, Elena (E); Puleggio, Antonio (A); Pullerà, Michela (M);

Affiliation: Dipartimento di Filosofia, Università di Pisa, Piazza Torricelli 3/a, 56126 Pisa, Italia. mau.pini(-atsign-)tiscali.it

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Perceptual and motor skills (Percept Mot Skills), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-Oct; vol 105 (issue 2) : pp 639-45

Dates: Created 2007/12/10; Completed 2008/01/31;

PMID: 18065086, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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