The association between sports participation and athletic identity with eating pathology among college-aged males and females

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Fay, Kristen ^a   Economos, C ^a   Lerner, R M ^a   Becker, A E ^b,c   Sacheck, J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Eating disorder inventory; Gender; Perceived weight; Sports participation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; COLLEGE STUDENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT;

EID: 80054684742     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03325315     Document Type: Article

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