Contextual body image and athletes' disordered eating: The contribution of athletic body image to disordered eating in high performance women athletes

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 201-215

  De Bruin, A P ^a,c   Oudejans, Raôul R D ^a   Bakker, Frank C ^a   Woertman, Liesbeth ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Karin de Bruin Sportpsycholoog   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

athletes; body comparisons; body evaluation; body satisfaction; eating disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC BODY IMAGE; BODY FAT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTEXTUAL BODY IMAGE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR ATHLETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EATING DISORDER; EATING DISORDER EXAMINATION QUESTIONNAIRE; ENDURANCE SPORT; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTIDIMENSIONAL BODY SELF RELATION QUESTIONNAIRE; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY; SWIMMING; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ATHLETES; BODY IMAGE; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 79956189014     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.1112     Document Type: Article

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