How anorexic-like are the symptom and personality profiles of aesthetic athletes?

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 628-636

  Bachner Melman, Rachel ^a,b   Zohar, Ada H ^c   Ebstein, Richard P ^a,d   Elizur, Yoel ^a   Constantini, Naama ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

^d HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aesthetic and nonaesthetic athletes; Anorexia athletica; Eating disorders; Personality; Symptomatology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA ATHLETICA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET; EATING DISORDER; ESTHETIC ATHLETE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSESSION; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOREXIA; BODY IMAGE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREVALENCE; SPORTS;

EID: 33646013581     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000210188.70295.c0     Document Type: Article

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